What is the hiring process like at NIH?

great work/life balance, team members were passionate about research, and several opportunities for professional growth and learning

parking, patient recruitment can be challenging

The scientific goals are important.

It's exhausting to see very junior staff rising up the ranks quickly, who have very few skills to offer. It's all about the shiny new people and their connections. Experience is not valued outside of the scientific jobs and it's essentially still a good old boy network (plus the young shiny women that they mentor).