Paul Scherrer Institut interview questions
Updated Mar 16, 2026Difficulty
Average
Experience
Very positive
How others got an interview
- 12%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
- 6%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
Interview search
24 interviews
Paul Scherrer Institut interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Paul Scherrer Institut as 81.8% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.82 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Internship and PhD Student rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Senior Software Engineer and Project Scientist roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at Paul Scherrer Institut takes an average of 16 days when considering 11 user submitted interviews across all job titles. To compare, the average duration of hiring at similar companies like BlackRock, Inc. is 14 days, Fabricated Software, Inc. is 2 days, and Apple Inc. is 21 days. Candidates applying for PhD Student had the quickest hiring process (on average 11 days), whereas Engineering roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 28 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at Paul Scherrer Institut according to 11 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 26%
Background check: 22%
Presentation: 22%
Drug test: 9%
One on one interview: 9%
Personality test: 4%
Skills test: 4%
Phone interview: 4%
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- Doctoral Researcher(2) ;
- Phd Student Researcher(2) ;
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