Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Max-Planck-Gesellschaft as 100% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Postdoctoral Researcher and rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Postdoctoral Researcher and roles were rated as the easiest.
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Long discussion on the field and the topic. Plus discussion on one of their papers and its findings and drawbacks. Was asked about my future directions and why was this project chosen
I applied through other source. I interviewed at Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (Magdeburg) in Mar 2026
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I mailed the prof and shared my resume and interest in his research work. Then the prof reached out after some time . There was only one round where only discussion regarding my projects took place.
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Question 1
They asked about the project and told to explain in detail . Overall it was quite chill and once the interviewer was convinced with my project the rest of the conversation was mostly on what project i can work on in the internship and other topics.
I applied through university. I interviewed at Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
Interview
Two presentations. One for an algorithm and one to describe my recent research project. It’s not a harsh interview, since they are already interested in me. It’s more of a confirmation than a test.
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Question 1
For the first part of the interview, a few slides on POMDPs, including the main methods and the practical challenges of implementation. no more than 45 minutes.
For the second part, a short slide presentation on one of projects related to modeling human behavior, no more than 45 minutes.