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      Administrative Assistant Interview

      3 Sept 2024
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Boston, MA
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at The Broad Institute (Boston, MA) in Aug 2024

      Interview

      1. phone interview. 2. 45 min call with hiring manager. 3. 45 min call with researcher and project manager. It was a bit excessive for an administrative assistant role. But the interviews were scheduled fast.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Why do you want to work here? Why do you want to leave your current role? Where do you see yourself in 5 years? What do you like most and least about your last job? A time you fell behind schedule.
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      1

      Other Administrative Assistant interview reviews for The Broad Institute

      Administrative Assistant Interview

      6 Apr 2021
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at The Broad Institute

      Interview

      Horrible experience... To move forward in their application process - submit questionnaire (10 Q's) and share 3 references with no deadline. A complaint from my reference - they kept sending repetitive reminder emails which was unacceptable (this was without my permission). Communicating with their recruiter was extremely unprofessional too bc she emailed me back between 8PM-10PM. At 10PM, She replied to my reference complaint and said they will review my application, then got I rejected at 8:30AM next morning. I don't believe they even looked over my questionnaire or references skill surveys because it was supposed to be viewed by administrative teams across the institute. I will not be reapplying to this institute becuase of how the application process was inefficient. They wasted my time and reference's time, and the recruiter was very unprofessional.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      How do you organize yourself and/or the person you support? What systems/processes do you put in place? Please go into detail.
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      The Broad Institute response
      5y
      Our goal is to provide a good candidate experience for all and appreciate your feedback on moving closer to that goal. We and have brought your suggestions to our vendor to improve the process for references. The interview process of references and questionnaire was put in place to build efficiencies into the interview for admin assistant candidates that are eligible for multiple roles. We apologize that this was not the case in your situation and would be open to hearing additional feedback on the process.

      Administrative Assistant Interview

      4 Aug 2019
      Anonymous employee
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at The Broad Institute in Jun 2019

      Interview

      Applied on LinkedIn Recruiter emailed me asking me to fill out an admin questionnaire 4 References were also asked to fill out via skill survey 2 hour interview broken down into 4 30 min interviews with various people in the department - everyone was very nice and it was more of a conversation than an interrogation - everyone I spoke with seemed like they genuinely loved working there - seemed like there is a very good work/life balance Was emailed a writing assessment with 2 exercises making sure I was competent in responding to emails and proofreading/grammar skills 30 min phone interview with the manager Phone call with an offer! Interview to getting an offer was a 2 week process

      Interview questions [3]

      Question 1

      Tell me about yourself
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      Question 2

      Why are you leaving your current job
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      What are you looking for in your next position
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