Me postulé en línea. Acudí a una entrevista en Harvard University
Entrevista
I sent in a coverletter, CV, writing sample and the contact details of three references online. I was contacted shortly thereafter to organise an interview with a professor I would be doing research with. We had a 30 minute chat about the role, his research and how I would be contributing to it. I asked him what the next steps in the application process would be should I be successful and he said he would reach out to my references and organize a final interview with another person on the team. After two weeks, I reached out to follow up on my application with no response. After another week, I reached out to the center itself - someone responded to me saying they were still considering my application. Another several weeks went by and I reached out to the center, this time with no response. I finally reached out to the man who interviewed me again and he responded saying that they had filled the position. He was nice and apologetic for the lack of response in his email but all in all, there was a clear lack of organization and the process was prolonged by many weeks.
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
Why I was interested in the role, what the job itself entailed and what my experience was in the field of research
application, asked to complete a writing task, participated in a panel interview, and then a final round interview with director followed by a reference check. All in all took several months to complete the hiring process.
Me postulé a través de una facultad o universidad. Acudí a una entrevista en Harvard University (Cambridge, MA) en may 2024
Entrevista
Interviewed with a professor for a research project, super positive experience. Professor was eager to work with students and learn my interests, and explained what the role would look like.
Me postulé en línea. El proceso tomó 4 semanas. Acudí a una entrevista en Harvard University en feb 2024
Entrevista
After submitting my initial application I heard back about a coding test. Completed the coding test, which was pretty straightforward. Some basic analysis of RCT data in Stata, questions about choosing standard errors, asking you to handle missing values and outliers, etc. All things covered in my grad level econometrics sequence and some RA work I did. Might be a pain if you haven't used Stata before though, overall maybe took 20 hours? Heard back soon after about an interview. It had some generic behavioral interview questions, e.g. ``talk about I time you had to overcome a failure" or something. Then some technical questions, I was posed a scenario where people received some kind of covid assistance through mobile money transfer, so only people with internet access got it, and they asked me how I would assess the effect of this program. I said RD design, then was asked how I'd set up the regression equation. Then some questions about a past project I'd worked on, e.g. why I chose the outcome measure that I did. Then a few weeks after got an automated rejection email.
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
I was posed a scenario where people received some kind of covid assistance through mobile money transfer, so only people with internet access got it, and they asked me how I would assess the effect of this program. I said RD design, then was asked how I'd set up the regression equation. Then some questions about a past project I'd worked on, e.g. why I chose the outcome measure that I did.