Northeastern University interview questions
Updated Jun 1, 2026Difficulty
Average
Experience
Very positive
How others got an interview
- 16%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
- 6%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 5%In PersonIn Person
- 5%RecruiterRecruiter
- 1%Staffing AgencyStaffing Agency
- 0%OtherOther
Interview search
356 interviews
Northeastern University interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Northeastern University as 72.4% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.54 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Biologist and Director of Admissions Engagement rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Assistant Teacher and Community Assistant roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at Northeastern University takes an average of 28 days when considering 335 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 Circulation Desk Assistant had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Cooperative Education Faculty roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 240 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at Northeastern University according to 335 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 24%
Phone interview: 20%
Group panel interview: 15%
Skills test: 10%
Presentation: 9%
Background check: 8%
Personality test: 5%
Drug test: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Other: 2%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
- Teaching Assistant(256) ;
- Research Assistant(239) ;
- Graduate Teaching Assistant(217) ;
- Graduate Research Assistant(122) ;
- Graduate Student(117) ;
- Administrative Assistant(46) ;
- PhD Student(44) ;
- Rso Proctor(38) ;
- Postdoctoral Research Associate(37) ;
- Academic Advisor(26) ;
- Program Manager(23) ;
- Assistant Director(22) ;
- Proctor(22) ;
- Project Manager(22) ;
- Associate Director(20) .
