Director Research Interview Questions

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The Human Resources Department was very difficult to work with and it took 5 months to become a full time employee from a contact employee. They always asked how I was qualified for such a high level salary.
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Associate Director of Community Research

Interviewed at Yale University

4.2
Aug 16, 2012

The Human Resources Department was very difficult to work with and it took 5 months to become a full time employee from a contact employee. They always asked how I was qualified for such a high level salary.

How do you manage criticism in a highly charged environment where everyone's competing to get their research published? (the Research area is intense, but again, it's to be expected for the top IT research co in the world).
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Research Director

Interviewed at Gartner

3.8
Mar 23, 2009

How do you manage criticism in a highly charged environment where everyone's competing to get their research published? (the Research area is intense, but again, it's to be expected for the top IT research co in the world).

Asked to provide a writing sample during the group interview on a topic selected by the hiring VP. Allowed to write on the topic for 90 minutes in a manner that follows the typical structure of a piece of analysis. Once the writing was submitted and reviewed, the topic is presented and the panel asks questions about the content of the writing sample and the topic.
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Research Director

Interviewed at Gartner

3.8
May 30, 2013

Asked to provide a writing sample during the group interview on a topic selected by the hiring VP. Allowed to write on the topic for 90 minutes in a manner that follows the typical structure of a piece of analysis. Once the writing was submitted and reviewed, the topic is presented and the panel asks questions about the content of the writing sample and the topic.

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