Research Assistant applicants have rated the interview process at Lawrence Berkeley Lab with 2.6 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 72.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Research Assistant roles take an average of 12 days to get hired, when considering 8 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Lawrence Berkeley Lab overall takes an average of 34 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Lawrence Berkeley Lab as a Research Assistant according to 8 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 50%
Phone interview: 20%
Group panel interview: 10%
Skills test: 10%
Personality test: 10%
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I applied in-person. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Lawrence Berkeley Lab (Berkeley, CA) in Sep 2011
Interview
The interview with the person hiring me was about an hour discussing potential research topics and methods for a research paper. It took about an hour, maybe more. Later, I met with someone from HR who gave me lots of paperwork to complete. The entire process took about 5 hours. It took a few weeks for the paperwork to get finalized.
Asked about laboratory experience and asked theoretical questions regarding electromagnetic physics. Asked about technical side of previous experience such as how an experiment was set up and how I wrote certain simulations or algorithms
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
what equipment did you use in your previous experiments
I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Lawrence Berkeley Lab (Emeryville, CA)
Interview
Interview was quick. Staff was friendly. They asked questions related to my background first and questions judging my research capabilities. they always responded to all my e-mail queries in a day time which was good. Hiring process is little smooth.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell us about your achievements in research?
Tell us about a problem you encountered in research and how you solved it?