Interview process lasts for several weeks, with a research task accompanied. They will ask you to read over a paper published by their students and come up with a novel extension and implementation all within 2 weeks. The focus is really heavy on biostatistics. The interview panel was composed of 7 postdocs/upper-level PhD + the professor
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Q: How would you amend your work so that it can address hidden confounders?
Q: Motivation of the work?
I had a online meeting (30min) with potential supervisor and another professor in the department. They asked details about my research plan and feasibility, and etc.. You need to prepare to answer to detailed questions
I interviewed at University of Cambridge (Cambridge, East of England, England)
Interview
Very easy, just a casual chat with the prof.
Asked me about my experience and what I want to do.
Asked what papers from the lab I had read.
Asked about funding I'd applied for.
30 minutes interview with standard questions such as motivation and your future plan. Good to read few academic papers that are relevant and not relevant to your field. Be prepared to talk about it.
