Received some of the interview questions 30 minutes before hand. Everyone was very kind and asked follow-up questions. Felt like they were interested in hearing my responses. I heard back within a week.

This was a long involved interview process. Screening by the HR person one week after I applied. The 1st interview was a panel interview a week later, They send you the questions for the interview about 15 minutes in advance, so not enough time to actually use them to prepare answers. A week after that I was schedule for a 2end panel interview, in which I needed to prepare and present a powerpoint on a hypothetical project they are thinking of working on. This was a pretty intense research assigment, and took me the entire weekend to prepare. After this I was told they would make a decision, but then I was asked to perform a 4th interview with the director of the department a week later. I was told by her a decision would be made within a week, but after this I did not hear back from them, and I needed to follow up twice to find out I did not receive an offer. All in all it took over a month of interviewing not to receive an offer. I was unhappy they forgot to inform an advanced applicant they were not offered the job, I had an internal referrence and guidance throughout the interview process. The internal person told me that they don't really expect a lot of specific prior experience as this position is considered entry level in the org, but I found during the interview this was not true, and they were very focused on my prior experience, which in my case was substancial.