NIH interview questions
Updated Jun 2, 2026Difficulty
Average
Experience
Very positive
How others got an interview
- 11%In PersonIn Person
- 9%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 7%OtherOther
- 4%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
- 3%RecruiterRecruiter
- 2%Staffing AgencyStaffing Agency
Interview search
290 interviews
NIH interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at NIH as 79% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.64 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Bioinformatics Scientist and Policy Analyst rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Pathways Program and Senior Research Scientist roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at NIH takes an average of 45 days when considering 281 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 Staff Scientist had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Administrative Officer roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 360 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at NIH according to 281 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 19%
One on one interview: 18%
Phone interview: 18%
Background check: 17%
Presentation: 9%
Skills test: 8%
Drug test: 6%
Personality test: 3%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Other: 1%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
- Postdoctoral Fellow(298) ;
- Research Fellow(124) ;
- Postbaccalaureate IRTA(103) ;
- Staff Scientist(63) ;
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow(40) ;
- Intern(38) ;
- Research Assistant(38) ;
- Summer Intern(29) ;
- Post-Baccalaureate Fellow(27) ;
- Scientist(24) ;
- Research Scientist(23) ;
- Biologist(22) ;
- Program Analyst(21) ;
- Post Doctoral Fellow(20) ;
- Visiting Fellow(20) .
