It was not very long. It was focused on behavioural questions as well as research experience questions. Overall it was relatively straightfoward and I heard back soon. I accepted and worked there for about a year.
Standard process involving multiple rounds, involving the managers, faculty, and department leadership. They wanted to know your personality, thought process, and how you deal with difficult situations when you are working with cross teams and departments.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
When your faculty is not answering an urgent email, what would you do to resolve that situation and get the response needed?
I applied online. I interviewed at Stanford University (Stanford, CA) in Oct 2025
Interview
30 min initial Interview was easy. Just a screening call with the professor. Did not get much time to talk about a lot of things, may be I will get an opportunity to talk much in the further rounds. Professor was very friendly and had a good conversation.