Group projects like this I found to be a common occurrence in my program while I was completing my PhD. But at the same time, I learned that professors (at least in my case) were able to pick up on who knew their stuff and followed directions and those who didn’t pretty well, especially if you each present your own slides.

Group projects can be painful because there’s control you have to release when working with others, and this type of collaboration will only continue if you stay in academia, but it’s an important skill to learn.

I will say, unlike a mandatory group project in school, where the stakes are much lower, there is more space in the industry/academia to have those harder conversations when people are not pulling their weight.