For the Cognitive Science Research Scientist position, the application has a separate required sections for explaining (i) why we are interested in joining the alignment team and (ii) our research interests and topics we’d like to explore at DeepMind. Should the cover letter, which is also required separately, not discuss either of these topics then? Usually, I would think answers to such questions would be part of a cover letter.
It’s totally fine to just not provide a cover letter if you think there isn’t anything else you’d like to add to your application.
I’ve found that when we didn’t ask these additional questions, people would often not give a cover letter, or give a cover letter that doesn’t address these topics, and then I find it hard to distinguish (1) the people who didn’t bother explaining their interest in alignment from (2) the people who aren’t interested in alignment. (Given how many applications we get, we need to filter out group (2) before the interviewing stage.) That’s why we ask the questions explicitly now.
That’s correct, though now that it is the 31st, I think it’s pretty safe to say that we’ll still consider applications at least up to, say, a week from now (June 7th).
For the Cognitive Science Research Scientist position, the application has a separate required sections for explaining (i) why we are interested in joining the alignment team and (ii) our research interests and topics we’d like to explore at DeepMind.
Should the cover letter, which is also required separately, not discuss either of these topics then? Usually, I would think answers to such questions would be part of a cover letter.
Thanks again!
Levan
It’s totally fine to just not provide a cover letter if you think there isn’t anything else you’d like to add to your application.
I’ve found that when we didn’t ask these additional questions, people would often not give a cover letter, or give a cover letter that doesn’t address these topics, and then I find it hard to distinguish (1) the people who didn’t bother explaining their interest in alignment from (2) the people who aren’t interested in alignment. (Given how many applications we get, we need to filter out group (2) before the interviewing stage.) That’s why we ask the questions explicitly now.
Thank you!
Just to confirm, applications received by the 31st (so today) will be considered, but later ones might not, would that be correct?
That’s correct, though now that it is the 31st, I think it’s pretty safe to say that we’ll still consider applications at least up to, say, a week from now (June 7th).
I sent mines in around 11 days ago and haven’t heard back yet. Do you guys have a backlog?
Yes, sorry about that, it’s mostly my fault (I’ve had two back-to-back workshops).