Waited a long time from first applying to hearing anything. Multiple rounds with many interviewers. There didn’t seem to be any standard protocols used across different interviewees. All virtual with no in-person option offered.
Ho presentato la mia candidatura tramite un selezionatore. La procedura ha richiesto un giorno. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso RAND nel mese di dic 2009
Colloquio
Professional acquaintance called and pitched the position to me, invited me to send a resume and writing sample. I did so. I was invited to fly out for day-long interview (standard in my field) with seminar and several interviews including a lunch interview. Just a minor complaint: for a coast-to-coast flyout they should have offered to take me to dinner too but did not.
Unique to this organization is participation in teleconferences with offices in other locations. Teleconference equipment was state of the art and very effective, almost like being there.
All the travel arrangements and logistics were smooth and professional.
Interviewees should mainly do their homework on the organization and the position, like with any job.
Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso RAND
Colloquio
Given all I learned, RAND seems like a great place to work with very smart people doing interesting research to impact policy. My experiences - all of which were extremely positive - are based on an initial phone interview and an in-person interview to one of their offices. Had I gotten an offer, I definitely would have taken it!
Domande di colloquio [1]
Domanda 1
They asked a lot of questions about my current and future research interests, methodological training, and experience with various statistical techniques and software packages.
Ho presentato la mia candidatura tramite segnalazione di un dipendente. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso RAND nel mese di mar 2017
Colloquio
I had a preliminary phone interview with a researcher first (about 30 min). I was then invited to a full day of interviews with other researchers, plus a job talk. Overall, the experience was fairly straightforward. It's interesting to meet and talk with other researchers. The interviews themselves were a mix of phone and face to face. Similarly, attendance at the job talk is both phone and face to face.