I applied online. I interviewed at Massachusetts General Hospital
Interview
Sent my resume and was scheduled an interview for 11am on a Friday with Judit Sore. Got there 10 minutes early and ended up waiting 20 minutes before I was actually seen. I had to tell someone to get her while she was speaking to someone in the office. She came out and said "you're the 11am right?". She then took me to the lobby and sat me down and asked me a few questions and tried to scare my off from the job saying that there are a lot of compliance issues and that it is a highly stressful job... Then she proceeded to put words into my mouth and accuse me of being an under-qualified applicant saying that I did not have any work experience. Graduating from college what did she expect. I am not bitter about not getting the job and i did make mistakes during the interview but I do not think that gives her the excuse to disrespect someone because of it. Do not ask for an interview if you do not see me as a qualified individual, do not waste my time by making me wait and most of all respect the people around you.
After initial application, the hiring manager reached out directly over email. We had a few rounds of interviews. This varies based on the lab and role. Ended with talking with HR to go over logistics.
There was an initial screening call with the hiring department followed by a meeting with the research team and Principal Investigator. The interviews were short ranging from 10 minutes to 30 minutes.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why this role at this lab?
Talk about background and experience.
I applied online. I interviewed at Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston, MA) in Nov 2023
Interview
I got an email from PI a few days after applying online to set up an interview. In the interview over zoom I felt I did alright, not my best work but not egregiously bad and interviewer mentioned putting me in touch with a current employee and what next steps in the hiring process would look like. I am now going on six months without hearing from the PI, obviously I figured I did not get the job a while back I just wish I ever could have heard anything back considering the note we ended on, and I can see on linkedin that another person was hired.
Research Technician applicants have rated the interview process at Massachusetts General Hospital with 2.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 60% positive. To compare, the company-average is 72.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Research Technician roles take an average of 20 days to get hired, when considering 31 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Massachusetts General Hospital overall takes an average of 26 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Massachusetts General Hospital as a Research Technician according to 31 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 30%
Phone interview: 21%
Group panel interview: 17%
Background check: 10%
Drug test: 7%
Skills test: 6%
Presentation: 4%
Other: 1%
Personality test: 1%
IQ intelligence test: 1%
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