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Social Science Research Council interviews FAQs
Program Assistant applicants have rated the interview process at Social Science Research Council with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 50% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Program Assistant roles take an average of 7 days to get hired, when considering 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Social Science Research Council overall takes an average of 14 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Social Science Research Council as a Program Assistant according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 67%
One on one interview: 33%
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I had an initial screening call. It was with HR, so it wasn't too focused on the content of the project but more general questions about myself and my interest in the project.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell us about yourself and why you're interested in SSRC
Initial phone screening, a copyediting test, and a final 2-hour interview. The interviewers seemed unenthused and could have been more welcoming. I didn't feel as though the organization was a good fit for me, nor I a good fit for the organization.
I applied online. I interviewed at Social Science Research Council (Brooklyn, NY)
Interview
I was contacted several weeks after submitting my application to schedule a phone screen, and then contacted for a second interview the next week. They scheduled me for a two-hour block in the afternoon, where I met with an HR person for half an hour, the person who would be my supervisor and another person at that level for an hour, and then another half hour with two peer-level Program Assistants. They followed up within two weeks after the interview to let me know the position had gone to another candidate, but overall my experience was positive and professional.
The most difficult part of the interview was the duration. The questions were a fairly standard array that matched well with the position level and the experience required.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Where does this fit into your long term career goals?