I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Harvard University (Cambridge, MA) in Oct 2011
Interview
Hiring for postdocs may formally follow some fair process that involves job postings and interviews, but in practice reputation—of the applicant, of the applicant's school, and advisor, and research--counts for a lot more. So if you're coming from a good place and you've done good work, you're in. But otherwise, it might be a struggle to get noticed.
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There weren't any difficult questions--they were trying to convince me to accept the job.
I applied online. I interviewed at Harvard University
Interview
The position was for post doctoral fellowship with external funding, The PI was professional during the interview but completely disengaged and dismissive. Rather confused why they even bothered to interview candidates they are not interested in.
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Most of the questions revolved around academic goals
I applied online. I interviewed at Harvard University
Interview
The interview place in a room with several senior fellows who asked about my current and future research and plans. Nice conversation and reasonable questions. I enjoyed the interview experience .
Interview was one day of meetings, plus job talk. 30 minute long meetings, 45 minutes job talk. I had to provide title and graphics to promote the talk the week before.
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Research-specific questions related to my application focus.
