Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

To prepare for an interview to work as a research assistant (for any professor or research job), it is important to understand the research interests of the professor as well as the various steps and processes involved in that research. It is important to read several papers that professor has wo...

The day in the life of a research assistant is very independent. Depending on the professor you may either have scheduled weekly meetings, or unscheduled meetings. Outside of those meetings you will be left alone for the majority of the time, during which you will do the research you and the prof...

My major is directly tired with the work I do. Although I have learned many new schools on the job, the foundation was entirely provided by the classes in my major. Understanding of basic modeling and econometrics is necessary to any economic research, and all economic research, although more com...