Form FR 28i FR 28i Research Assistant Candidate Survey Of Interests and Com

Careers
Research Assistant Candidate Survey Of Interests and Computer
Experience
FR 28i: OMB no. 7100-0181
Average hours per response 15 minutes
Approval expires April 30, 2024
First Name:

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Middle Name:

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Last Name:

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Pronouns (optional): Not Specified
Email:

Phone:

School:
Major:
2nd Major (optional):
Degree you will hold when starting the RA position:
Expected Graduation Date: mm / dd / yyyy
Availability Date: mm / dd / yyyy

Are you a United States citizen?

Yes

No

U.S. citizenship is required for Research Assistant positions.

I. The Board's economics divisions study a wide range of topics, including but not limited
to the following broad areas of economic analysis and policy:
Macroeconomics
(General macro, public finance, unemployment, inflation, growth, and productivity)
Microeconomics
(Consumer behavior, labor markets, public finance, urban and regional economics, health,
education, natural resource economics, and industrial organization)
Financial Economics
(Money & capital markets, banking, asset pricing, derivatives, and regulation)
International Economics
(Trade, international finance, and development)
Computational Economics & Econometric Methods
(Algorithm development and simulation methods)
Economic Measurement
(Survey research, economic statistics, and national accounting)
Monetary Policy and Central Banking
(Money markets, monetary policy, and FR operations)

Many qualified Research Assistant candidates have no clear preference among the many
areas of research done at the Board; however, for those who do, indicating such could be
helpful to finding the best fit among the many different groups hiring research assistants.
Please rank order the top 3, with 1 being the top, those broad areas of analysis that you
are most interested in pursuing, or choose "no clear preference":
1
2
3
No Clear Preference

II. Responses to the prompts below are required, but allow candidates to expand upon the
qualifications that successful Research Assistants possess, including:

• Collaboration – likes to help others, works well with peers and supervisors, and adds a new
perspective
• Initiative – is resourceful and is eager to engage with RA tasks and topics
• Integrity – is truthful, respects confidentiality, and admits mistakes
• Perseverance – advances in unfamiliar or adverse situations
• Time management – manages multiple tasks well and is organized
1. Tell us how you have displayed perseverance and advanced in unfamiliar or adverse
situations. Provide an example of an obstacle or challenge that you had to confront and how you
dealt with it. (200 words or less)

2. Choose one of the other attributes listed above, and tell us how you have displayed it.
Describe any experiences that particularly highlight your possession of this attribute and explain
how it might help you as a research assistant. (200 words or less)

III. Successful Research Assistants also possess the ability to acquire and expand data
analysis and programming skills. Please indicate your level of experience with and your
degree of interest in the following areas:
When indicating your level of experience please refer to the following guidance:
None
Requires complete instructions and guidance.
Limited
Minimal experience in an educational setting. Will require instruction and guidance.
Moderate
Can complete complex tasks with some guidance.
Proficient
Can complete complex tasks with minimal guidance.
Extensive
Can lead a project with no guidance.

None
Compiling and manipulating
datasets
Statistical packages
(Stata, R, SAS)
Please specify:

Limited

Experience
Moderate Proficient Extensive

Degree of Interest
Low
Moderate Strong

None

Limited

Experience
Moderate Proficient Extensive

Degree of Interest
Low
Moderate Strong

Programming languages
(SQL, C++/C/Java,
Perl/Python, Matlab)
Please specify:

Other programs and
operating systems
(Mathematica, Unix/Linux)
Please specify:

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Last Update: July 22, 2021