I applied online. I interviewed at EPFL (Lausanne)
Interview
Submitted CV and was contacted by email. Then was called to the premises to present myself and my previous work in front of the team. It was very pleasant and I had the chance to know the PI and all the research the laboratory was doing.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Please describe how your previous experience can be used in this project.
Chat with PIs and a current PhD student. It was easy, kind of informal. Very open and friendly. I presented my work that I did in my previous lab. Afterwards some question about the presentation
I applied online. I interviewed at EPFL (Neuchâtel)
Interview
A whole day visit, presenting my own research and then talking to each member of the group to discuss their research and my own work in more detail. The presentation was fairly formal but the individual conversations with each lab member were quite relaxed.