I applied in-person. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at MIT (Cambridge, MA) in Jan 2013
Interview
Very technical; spoke everyone to the team. Be very good with your technical papers. They ask you very detailed mathematicalk questions about your work, however it depends on the kind of work you do. Both math & value of your work are important.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain the value of your last publication and what it does?
I applied in-person. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at MIT (Cambridge, MA) in Aug 2015
Interview
Contacted advisor you want to work with and meet for one-on-one interview.
Then set up a schedule to meet an future-advisor and discuss previous work and future work to do. After that he contacted me that I can work in his lab, he gave me time to think about it and I accepted the offer.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at MIT in Aug 2017
Interview
I applied online and was contacted for a phone interview. Most of the phone interview involved describing the position as it had been listed in the job description. Then I was asked to do a Skype interview during which I was supposed to 10 minute scientific presentation for 6-12th grade students. I did a very nice job with my presentation (I asked for feedback). Yet, I was not told this would be followed by an additional interview . The types of questions asked and they way in which they were delivered made it clear the interviewers were trying to discredit me for the position. In the end, I did not receive an offer but looking back I am glad for this because the interview left a bad taste in my mouth and I could tell I would have been miserable working there.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you could use give yourself one piece of advice when you started, what would it be?