I applied through university. I interviewed at Stanford University in Nov 2014
Accepted offer
Positive experience
Average interview
Application
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Stanford University (Stanford, CA) in Dec 2013
Interview
It took two months to have an on-site interview after completing my online application (with CV and reference list). I had two-day on-site interview. On the first day, I attended research meeting and met my potential advisor. On the second day, I gave a one-hour talk, and had individual interviews with four faculty members at the department. After another two months, I received an offer letter directly from my advisor.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Can you tell me about your research plan at Stanford?
2. What would be your career path after Stanford?
I met with my adviser when he was visiting my grad school for a talk, presented my research in a condensed 15 minute ppt. He asked me a mix of technical and non-technical questions. I was offered the position the very next day.
Individual meeting with prinicipal investigator and other lab members, including other postdoctoral fellows, graduate researchers, and undergraduate students; Oral presentation consisted of work I performed during graduate school and ideas for projects I wanted to pursue in the new lab.
