Graduate Research Assistant applicants have rated the interview process at MIT with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 88% positive. To compare, the company-average is 74.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Graduate Research Assistant roles take an average of 90 days to get hired, when considering 8 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at MIT overall takes an average of 31 days.
Common stages of the interview process at MIT as a Graduate Research Assistant according to 8 Glassdoor interviews include:
Presentation: 43%
Phone interview: 29%
One on one interview: 14%
Skills test: 14%
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Meet with admission faculty committee which consist with about 5~6 young professors. Started with self intro, then they ask some interview questions... They also allowed applicant to ask them question towards the end of the interview.
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The most difficult research challenge and how did I handle it.
In person interview with Professor at his office. Asked about my experience in the class topics and previous teaching and working with students experience. Discussed the logistics of the course, expectations and hours. Overall very good experience and I was briefed on what the job would entail.
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Previous experience teaching classes and working with students
There isn't one, I'm just forced to write a review to get on here. No calls or zooms or whatever. I did some phone calls to get a sense of some of the professors and their labs but it wasn't mandatory.
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Question 1
Why do you demand that people pointlessly do this when they don't have useful input?