Stony Brook University interview questions
Updated Mar 9, 2026Difficulty
Easy
Experience
Very positive
How others got an interview
- 24%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
- 14%In PersonIn Person
- 6%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 1%OtherOther
Interview search
208 interviews
Stony Brook University interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Stony Brook University as 78.7% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.43 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Research Technician III and Orientation Leader rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Undergraduate Student Assistant and Teaching Assistant roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at Stony Brook University takes an average of 24 days when considering 205 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 Client Support had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Human Resource Analyst roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 180 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at Stony Brook University according to 205 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 26%
Group panel interview: 20%
Phone interview: 11%
Skills test: 10%
Presentation: 9%
Background check: 7%
Drug test: 5%
Personality test: 5%
Other: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
- Research Assistant(175) ;
- Graduate Research Assistant(71) ;
- Teaching Assistant(65) ;
- Graduate Teaching Assistant(59) ;
- Student Assistant(52) ;
- Graduate Student(38) ;
- PhD Student(28) ;
- Office Assistant(26) ;
- Graduate Assistant(23) ;
- Postdoctoral Associate(19) ;
- Registered Nurse(19) ;
- Resident Assistant(17) ;
- Postdoctoral Fellow(16) ;
- Administrative Assistant(13) ;
- Instructor(12) .
