Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at EPFL as 75% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Internship and PhD Student rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Internship and Doctoral Student roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at EPFL takes an average of 60 days when considering 4 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for PhD Student had the quickest hiring process (on average 60 days), whereas PhD Student roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 60 days).
I didn't go through an interview. I did my master studies at EPFL and was offered a PhD student position by two different professors at the end of my master.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Aimerais-tu faire un doctorat dans mon laboratoire ?
A 50-minute interview was conducted, during which my knowledge was tested. They asked exclusively about the technical design process, and the only other question was my motivation for applying to the PhD program.
Entretien d’environ 45 minutes, un des deux employeurs était très sympa, et l’autre un peu bête. Questions très techniques et bonne ambiance générale même si certaines remarques étaient peu pertinentes.