The first-round interview: Two research scientists asked me questions based on my resume. All questions are related to my research projects and publications, including some characterization methods to determine the compounds I made.
The second round, which is also the final round, is giving a 1h seminar talk. After the seminar talk, three rounds of two to one interview and one round of one to one interview.
I applied online. I interviewed at ExxonMobil (Washington, DC) in Jul 2024
Interview
There are a bunch of senior employees in the interview. Throughout the interview, they all asked stupid questions just like kidergarden questions such as why do you do this, your movitation, what did you learn etc. Cannot believe they all have PhD degrees.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is the movitation of the research you have done?what did you learn from your previous project? ...
Pleasant, with friendly hosts and staff. Personal presentation of my skills with a very busy (as expected) follow-up of one-to-one meetings with the staff with a wide range of compatible expertise.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
General questions about expertise and personal development.
Site visit and behavioral interview with multiple staff members, nice dinner, and tour of their facilities. They asked basic questions and it was largely focused on fit and attractiveness of their industry.
Research Scientist applicants have rated the interview process at ExxonMobil with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 82% positive. To compare, the company-average is 73% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Research Scientist roles take an average of 109 days to get hired, when considering 11 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at ExxonMobil overall takes an average of 28 days.
Common stages of the interview process at ExxonMobil as a Research Scientist according to 11 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 26%
Background check: 21%
Group panel interview: 21%
Presentation: 16%
One on one interview: 16%
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