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It was a very straightforward interview. Mainly a description of the role and meeting desired criteria. Had 3 interviews in total with different project staff and PIs, lasting around 15-30minutes.

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Virtual Interview, standard interview questions, very straightforward and to the point. Be prepared for the top 10 asked interview questions and you’ll be fine. Was offered the position shortly after the interview.

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Three interviews were conducted. First, a phone interview, followed by a Zoom panel interview. Then comes an Excel assessment, followed by another in-person interview with the team director. You must be able to sell yourself. Be prepared to answer data analysis (steps to data cleaning) questions in your first phone interview.

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Staff asked me a bunch of school questions and course word and project. They asked me about what kinda coding language I used. I answered what they asked which are not hard, because a professor referred me

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  • Q: What coding language do you use? Q: what kind of projects have you been working on? Q: Do you know (xxx professor, the one who referred me)? Q: have you worked on an AR project?
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I applied online. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at University of Southern California in Feb 2023

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Seems like a slow process that was done initially and mostly virtually, difficult to get a hold of staff for confirmation and follow up even though I received an eventual offer.

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I am a graduate school student In university of Southern California. And my major is analytics. As a transfer student from university of San diego. I had an interview to access University of Southern California graduated school Which is a video interview.

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Have to meet with the Dean and Associate director for a one on one interview. Then meet with group advisors for a group interview. Finish with a 15 minute presentation.

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I applied online. I interviewed at University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA) in Jan 2023

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Well Organized and involved all appropriate touchpoints. Potential co-workers took interview seriously and articulated plusses and minuses. Travel arrangements were well thought out and very accommodating. Did not ask for out of pocket travel receipts.

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  • They were very keen on experience in Los Angeles and fitting in with their current staff.
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Screening followed by two interviews. The first screening was a phone call, the first interview was a zoom call with the recruiter team and the third interview was with the site director.

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I was asked brief questions about my educational background and availability. I also answered the question of why would I apply for this position, and my five years long-term goal.

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Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at University of Southern California as 73.4% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.47 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Student Services Assistant and Data Analyst rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Lab Assistant and Lab Tech roles were rated as the easiest.

The hiring process at University of Southern California takes an average of 25.02 days when considering 441 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Lab Assistant had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Communications Manager roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 180 days).

Common stages of the interview process at University of Southern California according to 441 Glassdoor interviews include:

One on One Interview: 24.74%

Phone Interview: 19.74%

Group Panel Interview: 16.71%

Background Check: 10.26%

Presentation: 9.87%

Drug Test: 6.71%

Skills Test: 3.95%

IQ Intelligence Test: 3.03%

Other: 3.03%

Personality Test: 1.97%

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