Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. La procedura ha richiesto 3 mesi. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Institute for Defense Analyses nel mese di feb 2023
Colloquio
3 interviews. 1) Standard HR screening. 2) Small panel interview: some light technical questions. You're basically given some scenarios and you talk your way through them with other researchers. They want to see what perspectives you bring in addition to some basic technical skill demonstrations. 3) Full day interview: Almost identical to full-day professorship interviews at universities. 9-5 with a one-hour seminar you give to a large group of researchers. They ask lots of questions during the talk--feels like an academic seminar. You meet with your primary contact, department manager, various researchers, and the division director. There is also a one-hour panel interview that involves more case studies and general Q&A for the prospect. The full-day interview is grueling due to its length, but the questions are not difficult, they are mainly about your research (which you'll obviously know well) and also seeing if you are interested in the work they do. I asked a lot more questions than they asked of me.
Domande di colloquio [1]
Domanda 1
Provided some data summaries and asked how you would improve the visualizations to present to a DoD official with minimal math background.
Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Institute for Defense Analyses (Alexandria, VA) nel mese di apr 2026
Colloquio
First was an HR phone screening (30 mins), then the next week came a 2-person technical zoom screening (45 mins). After which point they contacted all of my references, and the final step was a full-day on-site with individual and group interviews with a lot of different people + an hour-long presentation panel (which you give) and lunch.
Domande di colloquio [1]
Domanda 1
Why are you interested in working at IDA? What draws you to the National Defense Space?
Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Institute for Defense Analyses
Colloquio
Odd. Only one panel interview, no discussion about what research projects I’d be on. At the end of the panel interview the HR person showed me all the benefits IDA offers - which I was not interested in before getting an offer.
Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Institute for Defense Analyses
Colloquio
The interview process started out with a phone interview with a business partner. Then a team supervisor conducts a virtual interview before coming onsite for an in person group interview.