Washington University in St. Louis interviews FAQs
PhD Student applicants have rated the interview process at Washington University in St. Louis with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 75% positive. To compare, the company-average is 71.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for PhD Student roles take an average of 17 days to get hired, when considering 5 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Washington University in St. Louis overall takes an average of 28 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Washington University in St. Louis as a PhD Student according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 33%
Group panel interview: 17%
Skills test: 17%
Personality test: 17%
Background check: 17%
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I interviewed at Washington University in St. Louis
Interview
The people I spoke were very welcoming and relaxed. I was not asked difficult questions and instead just wanted to get to know me. There is little preparation required to be successful except knowing your motivation to be at the institution.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell us about a project that did not work and how you overcame the issues
I applied online. I interviewed at Washington University in St. Louis (Saint Louis, MO) in Mar 2019
Interview
One round interview with several faculty. Behavioral questions most time such as why our school, why this major, what's the motivation. And also some technical questions such as your research area, what's your favorite paper and comment on some famous papers
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Washington University in St. Louis (Saint Louis, MO) in Mar 2018
Interview
I applied for mechanical engineering (around 15th of Jan), and I received an email for the campus visit around Feb-15. It was standard campus visit (seeing different labs and I was interviewed by five different professors).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
simple questions like tell us more about your background and what you did until now. After this, they talked about their research.