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Interview Experience 36 Ratings
Human Resources Analyst - Supervisor at UC Davis
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Davis, CA (US) May 2010 – Reviewed Jun 13, 2013 New
Interview Details Formal interview w/7-member panel. Round table discussion with 22 questions. I was allowed to review the questions for 15 minutes prior to interview. The interview was scheduled for 45-60 minutes but lasted 1 hr 20 min. Panel was serious but relaxed, questions moderate-difficult, interview ended in mutual laughter.
Interview Question – The most difficult question was: "Tell us about your experience managing a personnel situation that had a potential legal impact. What role did you play? With whom did you consult? What was the result? " It is difficult to give good examples of these types of situations and maintain confidentiality. This is especially difficult in a campus where there is 6-degrees of separation and most people make the right connection when giving examples even when discretion is used. View Answer
Negotiation Details – I was offered a salary that was close to my current salary for a new job which was considered a one level promotion and included a supervisory component. Of course this was not appropriate and since the campus had not realized a merit in several years, I felt it was the right time to negotiate a fair compensation for the work I would be expected to perform. I discussed my background, experience, skills in relation to peers and successfully negotiated a higher salary based on these and other factors.
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Student Administrative Assistant at UC Davis
No Offer – Reviewed May 16, 2013
Interview Details It asked the basic questions and few behavioral questions.
Interview Question – Why should we choose you? View Answer
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Lead Java Applications Developer at UC Davis
No Offer – Interviewed in Davis, CA (US) Mar 2013 – Reviewed Mar 15, 2013
Interview Details I applied for the position on their website. After a few days, they arranged a phone interview, which lasted about 30 minutes. The interview is technical oriented. The questions are mostly focused on Java, JSP and Spring MVC.
Interview Question – How do you pass variables between two JSP pages and how do you do it between a controller servlet and a JSP page? View Answer
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Research Specialist at UC Davis
Accepted Offer – Interviewed on Davis, CA (US) Sep 2010 – Reviewed Jan 22, 2013
Interview Details Email communications, phone interview. Depends on the funding situation
Interview Question – One scientific question for my research project View Answer
Negotiation Details – No negotiation. Happy with the deal
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Customer Service Representative at UC Davis
Accepted Offer – Interviewed on Davis, CA (US) Sep 2009 – Reviewed Jan 17, 2013
Interview Details The application was online, it was pretty easy, and straightforward. I was notified by email about the interview location and date.
Interview Question – I was under the impression it was going to be a one on one interview, but actually it was a group interview! I had never had one before, and when I realized that I was incredibly nervous, but then I realized no one knew so we kind of all were in the same boat together. it was a big oval desk, with 4 interviewers a about 10 applicants. they went around randomly and asked questions, after we all introduced ourselves. They asked us, why we wanted to work there and what we could provide for the ARC. Answer Question
Negotiation Details – I got a call 2 -3 days later telling me that I got the job if I choose it, and I said yes and we set up my first day of training/work.
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Postdoctoral Scholar at UC Davis
Accepted Offer – Interviewed on San Francisco, CA (US) Jan 2010 – Reviewed Jan 09, 2013
Interview Details Started off with exchanging emails with the professor I wanted to work with. Next was a phone interview that lasted about 45 minutes, with details discussions on technical know how and project development. This was followed by a day long visit to the lab, involving a seminar by me for 45 minutes, and several one-on-ones and one-on-twos, about 6 in total. I was told of the outcome about 19 business days later.
Interview Question – How would you develop an assay to measure a certain phenotype in an organism? View Answer
Negotiation Details – I didn't negotiate as they said the salary was fixed on a UC Scale.
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Medical Student at UC Davis
Accepted Offer – Reviewed Dec 11, 2012
Interview Details The mmi is a new interview process in which several small scenarios are asked of the interviewee to assess teamwork, and performance under pressure.
Interview Question – What are your biggest flaws. Answer Question
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Student Assistant at UC Davis
Accepted Offer – Interviewed on Davis, CA (US) May 2012 – Reviewed Dec 02, 2012
Interview Details It was not hard at all.
Interview Question – There was none other than about experience related to the job. Answer Question
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Student Caller at UC Davis
Accepted Offer – Interviewed on Davis, CA (US) Aug 2012 – Reviewed Nov 12, 2012
Interview Details basic, answer a couple questions
Interview Question – what super hero would you be? Answer Question
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Lab Technician at UC Davis
Declined Offer – Interviewed in Raleigh, NC (US) Jan 2011 – Reviewed Nov 12, 2012
Interview Details phone then office
Interview Question – will i work overtime for free Answer Question
Reason for Declining – pay was low
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