Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Columbia University as 100% positive with a difficulty rating score of 1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Vice President and rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Vice President and roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at Columbia University takes an average of 1 day when considering 1 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Vice President had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Vice President roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 1 day).
I was given 3 questions overall and given a few minutes in a one-way interview recording to answer all of them. All the questions provided were behavioral and quite vague.
I applied online. I interviewed at Columbia University (New York, NY) in Jan 2021
Interview
Phone interview: The interviewer will ask questions about the applicant's experience and skills, work history, availability. - First interview with lab managers (Video) - Second interview with data scientists (Video) - Technical test
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why do you want this job?
How did you hear about the position?
What are your salary expectations?
interview with the professor which lasted about half an hour. discussed several issues that he's experienced in the past while teaching this class and he asked me how i would go about trying to solve these issues