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Updated May 29, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Business Manager at Washington University
Posted May 29, 2012
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 (took 2 days)
The hiring and interview process went very smooth.
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Negotiation Details
My initial offer was acceptable.
Other Details
I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Research Technician II at Washington University
Posted Apr 30, 2012
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 in Saint Louis, MO (took 2 weeks)
Had a brief 15 minute conversation in which I was asked about my adademic experience and previous work experience.
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Negotiation Details
Couldn't negotiate due to being paid by a government grant.
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Tutor at Washington University
Posted Apr 23, 2012
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2012 in Saint Louis, MO (took a day)
It was very short, mostly they just relied on the resume.
Interview Questions
Negotiation Details
No negotiation, set rates
Other Details
The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Administrative Intern at Washington University
Posted Mar 26, 2012
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2011 in Saint Louis, MO (took a day)
Interview was set up through an internship coordinator as part of the summer internship requirement of our program. Interview was not behavioral but rather consisted of them talking about the position, the organization, and some of the opportunities available to expand the scope of the learning experience during the internship. Topical issues relevant to academic medical centers were touched upon and would be useful to bring up in a question.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Cytogenetic Technologist at Washington University
Posted Mar 21, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2010 (took a day)
1:1 interview with the director wanting to know about past work experience and lunch with the team.
Interview Questions
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Software Architect at Washington University
Posted Jan 30, 2012
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2010 in Saint Louis, MO (took 3 weeks)
A friend posted the job on a developer group message board. I fit the skills, so I applied. Within 12 hours, the scientist who ran the lab contacted me to schedule an interview. Within 1 week, I interviewed on site. The scientist asked about my experience, but didn't have many technical questions. The lab was just a cubical farm in a medical office building. It didn't seem like a fun place to work. Within 1 week, he contacted me with an offer, which was 25% too low. He was limited by what the university would pay, but offered to create a special position with his startup to meet my salary requirements. I was still interested and went to meet the team. The team I would be guiding was collectively very intelligent and educated, but lacked engineering discipline. They claimed to have newly adopted agile methodologies and were very accepting of new technologies (clojure, scala, python). I scheduled a team pairing session for 1 week later. When pairing, I discovered they had not implemented any agile practices as they initially claimed. The team wrote no tests and had little communication.
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Reason for Declining
They claimed to have newly adopted agile methodologies and were very accepting of new technologies (clojure, scala, python). I scheduled a team pairing session for 1 week later. When pairing, I discovered they had not implemented any agile practices as they initially claimed. The team wrote no tests and had little communication.
Other Details
I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Research Assistant at Washington University
Posted Dec 22, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2011 (took 1+ week)
I was asked technique skills and working hour. It looks like they were looking for someone had more experience in micro-injection at that time.
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Other Details
The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Enrollment at Washington University
Posted Sep 28, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2010 (took a day)
I had filed the interview request form from the Wash U site but I waited too long and couldn't get a slot. They happened to be interviewing at the same place and time as Northwestern University and I just stopped by after I was done with them. Someone was running late and they made room to fit me in. Very relaxed interview with a very nice, interesting guy. Nothing out of the ordinary.
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Negotiation Details
Easy
Other Details
I applied In-Person and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Graduate Student at Washington University
Posted Sep 9, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2010 (took a day)
It was smooth, questions like "what's your career goal" "why do you choose Wash U" were asked.
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Other Details
The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Senior Project Analyst - Finance at Washington University
Posted Jul 18, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2010 in Saint Louis, MO (took a day)
Some departments at Washington University use a behavorial assessment (Activity Vector Analysis-AVA) for assessing a candidate's behavioral fit to a position. Based on your word selections to a couple of questions and a short description of yourself, the tool creates a candidate profile. The profile consists of descriptions of natural behavior, natural tendencies, operating styles, and ideal environment.
About four days after applying online, I received an email from the hiring department that my application had been received along with instructions for completing the AVA. After I completed and submitted the AVA, I received an email the next day with interview times.
The interview was a one-on-one situational interview with the hiring manager. Many questions such as:
* Tell me a situation in which you had to make a difficult business decision
* How do you deal with changing priorities?
* Do you prefer to handle one task or many?
I would suggest the best way to prepare for a situational/behavioral interview is to research interview questions and spend a couple of days writing out your responses. In doing this exercise, it will also ensure that you will have good examples of your work experiences to talk about during the interview that relate to the questions being asked.
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Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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