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).
The interview process was easy and straight to the point. It lasted about an hour and the interviewers were very easy going. There were two interviewers and they took turns informing me about the position.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about yourself and why you would be a good fit for this position
I applied online. I interviewed at Columbia University
Interview
Very efficient and insightful and it felt more like a conversation about both the interviewer and me the interviewee. I left the interview feeling inspired and challenged to do more things with my life. At the same time, I was excited to start work
Very good experience talking with the HR. Very nice and polite. Asked my previous working experience and school, described the job details here. Talked about previous related working experience. In summary it is a very good experience