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Surprising lessons from my research scientist job search
This post shines a light on the job search experience for a research scientist position in Silicon Valley. The author is a fifth-year PhD student at Brown University. Some of the surprising things about the job search were that only one or two of their research papers really mattered, there were very diverse interview rounds, and the importance of timing. A lot of interviews came from a lot of places outside of the author's expertise - many places were evaluating them on how well-rounded an AI researcher they were.
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