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Anonymous Employee in Toronto, ON
I interviewed at University of Toronto (Toronto, ON)
It was a thorough 2 hour interview with the professor, very in-depth on the tasks and duties of a project lead, as well as a heavy incline towards technicalities. Overall very pleasant, but difficult interview.
- How would you perform data analysis given specific datasets?
Anonymous Employee in Toronto, ON
I interviewed at University of Toronto (Toronto, ON)
The interview is about physics questions related to electromagnetism and geophysics. Specifically, I had to demonstrated expert knowledge in EM by deriving equations on the spot. There were also some conceptual questions that I have to answer about Maxwell's equations.
- How is the dielectric constant used in Maxwell's equations, and what is the unit?
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Anonymous Interview Candidate in Toronto, ON
I interviewed at University of Toronto (Toronto, ON)
Simple, fun, informative. I think that the main thing that I was perplexed by was the lack of the depth of technical questions relating to the inordinate use of verbosity regarding the indisputably incorrect aspect of the job title in question.
- Where do you want to be in five years?
Anonymous Interview Candidate
I interviewed at University of Toronto
What have you received constructive criticism/feedback for in the past two years? Tell us about the situation/behaviour that prompted the criticism and tell us how you responded to that criticism.
- What have you received constructive criticism/feedback for in the past two years? Tell us about the situation/behaviour that prompted the criticism and tell us how you responded to that criticism.
Anonymous Employee in Toronto, ON
I interviewed at University of Toronto (Toronto, ON)
It is about the work study position at University of Toronto. It is online interview and it only contains BQ. Only a few would ask you technical questions. It is super easy to get in.
- What do you know about us? What is your related experience
Anonymous Employee
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at University of Toronto
Great, short and easy - asked me to introduce myself, talk about my previous experiences, and ask me a few situation-based questions like in this scenario, what would you do as an assistant, etc.
- Tell us more about your previous experiences
Anonymous Employee in Toronto, ON
I interviewed at University of Toronto (Toronto, ON)
Simple questions of the related area. Need some preparation but doable. I did it for ECE. Experience is also an important part. Any thing written on CV must be known in depth
- Something regarding experience on CV
Anonymous Employee in Toronto, ON
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at University of Toronto (Toronto, ON) in Aug 2023
5-minute teaching session; three interviewers ask questions about things filled in the application and related subjects and demanded quick and extemporaneous responses; the interview requires your understanding of student needs, which the interviewers already collected via surveys and past year information
- Q: What if a mentee interrupts the session? How would you mediate?
Anonymous Employee in Toronto, ON
I interviewed at University of Toronto (Toronto, ON)
I was interviewed by a graduate student member of the lab. They were fairly basic questions and I got the feeling that most of the assessment was done using your cover letter/resume.
- Q: Are you familiar with software used for online survey research?
Anonymous Employee in Toronto, ON
I interviewed at University of Toronto (Toronto, ON)
go over my resume, talk about my plan, and ask some questions from my resume and overwork experience, and study project, also he asked me like why this job, and why this company.
- he asked me like why this job, and why this company.
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Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at University of Toronto as 77.6% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.62 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for IT Client Services Engineer and Faculty Liaison rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Lab Assistant and Cashier roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at University of Toronto takes an average of 23.61 days when considering 365 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Lab Assistant had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Professor roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 180 days).
Common stages of the interview process at University of Toronto according to 365 Glassdoor interviews include:
One-on-One Interview: 25.05%
Group Panel Interview: 17.97%
Presentation: 15.68%
Phone Interview: 12.43%
Background Check: 9.37%
Skills Test: 5.93%
Other: 3.82%
IQ Intelligence Test: 3.82%
Drugs Test: 3.44%
Personality Test: 2.49%
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