I had a phone interview with both primary investigators on the project and submitted a few writing samples of similar work. They asked about research interests and how this fit in with my long term plan
I applied online. The process took 7 weeks. I interviewed at UCLA (Los Angeles, CA) in Jan 2016
Interview
Talk with the professor, and discuss one some basic research projects that I did before. Also we discussed on some current popular research area. Furthermore, we discussed some papers I published before. We also have a lunch together, in which we discussed some possible projects to do in the future, and the professor introduced me the research, and the current group research projects.
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at UCLA
Interview
There was a phone call which consisted of me discussing academic background and previous research. We also discussed the current projects ongoing in the UCLA lab and which of these I would be most interested and suited to participating in. We subsequently discussed potential start dates.