Fellow applicants have rated the interview process at NIH with 2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 79% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Fellow roles take an average of 1 day to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at NIH overall takes an average of 45 days.
Common stages of the interview process at NIH as a Fellow according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 100%
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the interview was virtual with the Principal Investigator alone. Link sent few days prior. asked basic questions like Tell me about yourself, strength, weakness, some behavioral and technical questions but nothing difficulty.
It was really cool and interesting. People were nice and I was able to meet with a lot of people. The campus is much bigger that I expected. Everyone was very very nice
The process took 1 day. I interviewed at NIH (Bethesda, MD) in Apr 2009
Interview
I emailed the person that I was interested in working with and he emailed me back and set up a time in his schedule to meet with me. We discussed my background and research experience and then what projects I would be working with in his lab if and when I started. He also took me on a tour of his lab.