Biostatistician Interview Questions

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(Second interview) What is a p-value? (a) Mathematically, how do you compute it? (b) Some journals have banned reporting p-values in articles they’ve published. Can you describe what a reasonable person’s objections might be to using p-values? (c) If you were going to present results without a p-value, what other statistical tool would you use to communicate the same thing?
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Biostatistician

Interviewed at Natera

3.8
Feb 5, 2021

(Second interview) What is a p-value? (a) Mathematically, how do you compute it? (b) Some journals have banned reporting p-values in articles they’ve published. Can you describe what a reasonable person’s objections might be to using p-values? (c) If you were going to present results without a p-value, what other statistical tool would you use to communicate the same thing?

Questions around comfort with using AI tools in daily workflows, statistical analysis experience, R code procedures, previous experience with electronic health records (EHR) data analysis, and experience/interest in working with messy/unstructured datasets.
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Senior Biostatistician

Interviewed at PicnicAI

3.8
Jul 11, 2025

Questions around comfort with using AI tools in daily workflows, statistical analysis experience, R code procedures, previous experience with electronic health records (EHR) data analysis, and experience/interest in working with messy/unstructured datasets.

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