I applied online. I interviewed at Howard Hughes Medical Institute (Boston, MA) in Dec 2023
Interview
The interview consisted of an initial screening with the recruiter, followed by an informal chat with the PI. I was then told to give a a ~40 min presentation of my PhD works at a later date after the first meeting with the PI. I got many questions during the interview from the PI and postdocs of the lab, all about my work. They were critical but fair. The interview ended after a few hours meeting with the lab members, all over zoom because I am an international candidate. The decision came almost four months later because a few candidates were also interviewed. I had to reach out to the PI and recruiter for an update regularly.
I applied in-person. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Howard Hughes Medical Institute (Ashburn, VA) in Sept 2011
Interview
All day interview. F2F interview with lab members and 50 min presentation. Everyone be nice without hard questions. For me, there was no phone interview. Just direct on-site interview. Later I realized that two more candidates was invited for one job.