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- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Harvard University as 66.9% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.79 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Senior Research Fellow and Senior Executive Assistant rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for MBA Intern and Janitor roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at Harvard University takes an average of 35 days when considering 526 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 Associate Director had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Research Lab Manager roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 180 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at Harvard University according to 526 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 27%
Phone interview: 24%
Group panel interview: 17%
Background check: 9%
Skills test: 8%
Presentation: 6%
Drug test: 4%
Personality test: 2%
Other: 2%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
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- PhD Graduate Student(50) ;
- Staff Assistant(50) ;
- Program Coordinator(43) ;
- Research Fellow(42) ;
- Researcher(41) ;
- Director(35) ;
- Intern(34) .
