Meetings with different faculty during recruitment weekend to talk about your past research experience and what your current interests are. It was a long weekend but at least he trip was paid for by the program.
First step is submitting your resume on their HR website. Then you go in for a multi-round interview (3 rounds) with 2 managers in each round. They will then contact you a week later.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How did you manage a situation in a time of crisis?
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Stanford University (Newark, CA) in Jun 2018
Interview
Initial interview with hiring mgr and her boss were great. 2nd interview, I met the whole team, stayed like 3 hours. It was broken into 3 - 45 mins interview with breaks in between. The 2nd group was a panel interview.