What to expect in a J-PAL interview ?

[ubpresi]

Hi All,

I had applied for a Type 3 (Research Manager) position and my thesis adviser has hinted that he gave me a very strong recommendation for the position. They shortlisted me for an interview on the day I applied. 2 and 1/2 weeks after the first round of interview, they informed me that one weakness is my lack of field experience. So they suggested that I consider a Research Associate Position and given my background, they would put me on a fast track, implying that the expectation is that I'll graduate to Type 3 in 6 months.

The second interview went well, but it was more about what I expected out of the role and what are the bets fits for me etc etc. The gentleman interviewing me said in the following weeks, I would have to go through some technical rounds of interview. My questions are:

a) What should I expect to be asked and what can I do to prepare for it well, i.e. what are they looking for in me?

b) What are my chances?

I know there are other threads answering some variant of the question I just posed, but given the developments I have listed, it would help to have more clarity in this specific case.

A bit of background:

Goal: To be able to conduct research on my own.


Background: I have just finished a PhD in Economics. My doctoral research focused on issues around low levels of educational outcomes in India, which is where I am from. I have used Stata and SAS for data analysis in my research. I have used secondary data and have no experience in field work.

It is a long post, but any suggestions would be much appreciated.

Thanks!

[tm_member]

Where did you do the PhD?

[ubpresi]

Indiana University

[tm_member]

Given that no-one here has earned their PhD, I am guessing you will find more help from fellow classmates, or recently graduated IU alums.

Sorry we can't help much more - but most of the people here are applying for RA positions with a BA in hand. The interviews will be very different.

[ubpresi]

I understand. Thanks anyway

[evergreen]

Try Economics Job Market Rumors ?

[anonecon]

Try Economics Job Market Rumors ?

Do those guys ever do anything but give bitter/sarcastic commentary?

[Humanomics]

Do those guys ever do anything but give bitter/sarcastic commentary?

I think that's a rather generous way to put it. It's an excuse for twenty-two year old grad students to masturbate anonymously in front of one another.

[anonecon]

The scariest thing is that undergrads looking to go to grad school are mostly decent human beings. That means that it's quite possible that grad school makes us into monsters. Causal inference is a *****, though. I'll have to go run some regressions .

[tm_member]

The scariest thing is that undergrads looking to go to grad school are mostly decent human beings. That means that it's quite possible that grad school makes us into monsters. Causal inference is a *****, though. I'll have to go run some regressions .

I have to say I concur... I don't like myself much anymore.