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Updated May 8, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Architect at Black & Veatch
Posted May 8, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2011 (took a day)
Apears to be a great company. Communication with HR could have been better.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Vice President Director of Projects at Black & Veatch
Posted Apr 12, 2012
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2012 in Kansas City, MO (took 3 days)
Very pleasant experience. Company is very professional and polished. Exposure to office and community was well balanced and delightful. Very much a career building experience. Great company with very fair questions to assure a fit into their professional culture. Be yourself and do not try to read the answers or you will fail. If you fit, you both will know it. That is the way it should be.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral.
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Intern at Black & Veatch
Posted Feb 17, 2012
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2012 in Kansas City, MO (took 4+ weeks)
1:1 interview. Behavioral questions.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Construction & Procurement Young Professionals Development Program at Black & Veatch
Posted Nov 17, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 in Kansas City, KS (took 4+ weeks)
Met with a recruiter on campus the week of the career fair, heard back about a month later and scheduled a second round in Kansas City. Interview at the same time as about 12 other soon-to-be college grads for the Young Professionals Program. Started with a presentation of the department by a senior manager. Single interview by panel of 3-4 people at all levels and job titles within Construction & Procurement - lots of behavioral questions, some about technical experience. Afterwards, benefits presentation, lunch with new hires and rest of group. Very laid back conversation during interview and time in between. Apparently most people who were invited to this round of interviews received offers. Others agreed that this trip was more about selling Black & Veatch as a company than about getting to know us as potential employees.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Presentation.
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Civil Engineer I at Black & Veatch
Posted Nov 14, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2011 in Charlotte, NC (took a day)
Prior to the interview was a phone screening and it usually runs about 30 minutes, however, I spoke to the hiring manager for an hour. Following the phone screen they called me in to interview about a month following the phone screen. I met a team of engineers from the most senior engineers to the recent or more junior or associate engineers. A group of five interviewed for about a half hour each which then consisted of meeting with HR to discuss company benefits and a time frame of getting back to me.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Electrical Engineer IV at Black & Veatch
Posted Nov 13, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2009 in Cary, NC (took a day)
Flew me in, had interview. no followup.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Engineering at Black & Veatch
Posted Nov 11, 2011
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5.0
Very Difficult Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 (took a day)
Started 1v1 then went to a panel interview. No offer was made.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Mechanical Engineer IV at Black & Veatch
Posted Jun 12, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2010 in San Francisco, CA (took a day)
I limited the interviewing process myself to one interview, as I my current employer had hit a rough patch and I wanted to get the process started, in case I needed to find another. I only chose to pursue B&V as I have a trusted former colleague who works there. His ethics and outlook are on par with mine, and he is very happy with them. I made my situation clear to the folks at B&V and they accommodated me fairly. We maintained a relationship for about 6 months, the period of time required for me to determine that my current employer had been able to right our ship. I was treated with a great deal of courtesy through monthly phone calls over that period. They are looking for engineers with experience in the renewable energy field, and I feel strongly that had I become available, they would have brought me aboard, and that I would have found them to be a very pleasant and effective group of people to work with. From the extensive discussions that I've had with my former colleague, and from the work that the B&V renewables organization has done for my current employer and for other companies with which I've worked, this organization does quality work and lots of it. It would be a very dynamic and satisfying group to work with.
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Instrumentation and Controls Engineer III at Black & Veatch
Posted Jun 4, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2011 in Cary, NC (took 5 months)
This company has NO ethics or integrity. STAY AWAY!!!
I applied online in November through an online careerbuilder-like site. I received a call in early January that they were interested. I had a brief (1/2 hour phone interview) with the group supervisor. They asked basic questions about my experience. It was easy for me since I had experience doing the exact same job for a larger and better company.
They called a couple weeks later to ask me to come in for a face to face interview. They didn't bring me in for the interview until the end of February. It consisted of meeting with 4-5 interviewers, some from the instrumentation and controls group, others from electrical. The electrical people had no idea about controls work, so I have no idea why I had to interview with them. All the interviews were pretty similar- questions about my work experience, why I want to work for B&V, and some behavioral questions. I was not very impressed with their preparedness or their interview skills; however I found it to be fairly easy as far as interviews go. Every interviewer asked pretty much the same questions each time. I also had lunch with a younger member of the group and the group supervisor. It was very informal, but was my only chance to speak with the group supervisor. It ended up being like a lunch interview with another employee watching, which was a bit strange.
After the interview I didn't hear anything for over a month. I called to follow up in March, and they said they were waiting to find out if they had enough work to hire me. I'm not sure why they were posting for the position if they didn't have enough work... but they finally called in early April to extend an offer. The salary was much lower than what i had been making before doing the exact same work, and they refused to hire me at the experience level posted in the position despite the fact that I had the requisite number of years experience. They told me I had about a month to decide. I tried to negotiate, but they would barely budge. I even asked them to come up $200 (yes, hundred) annually and I would accept on the spot. They said no.
Since I wanted to stay in the area, I went ahead and accepted their offer within a week of receiving the final document. In order to do this, I quit my old job and turned down several other offers in other parts of the country. I accepted on a Thursday via an online form and called HR to let them know. On Monday, I received an email with no text, only a pdf attachment, saying they were rescinding the offer based on "further consideration".
I tried calling HR several time and left voicemails. I also tried emailing several times. No response. I was able to get a hold of one person who interviewed me. He said they rescinded because I wasn't interested enough. Apparently taking a week to respond was too long, despite the fact it took them almost 5 months to extend an offer.
All in all, they probably did me a favor. A company who treats their employees with such a lack of respect and ethics is clearly not a company I would want to work for. The fact that HR didn't even have enough integrity and courage to call me back and explain the situation to me in person shows that this company does not care about doing right by their employees. I would strongly advise anyone considering accepting a position with their Cary office to proceed with extreme caution. Don't assume to you have a job even if you receive an offer and accept it.
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Company does not negotiate hardly at all. Was only able to get them to budge about $800, despite the fact that they were offering far less than other companies I have worked for.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
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Project Accountant at Black & Veatch
Posted May 19, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2009 in Pittsburgh, PA (took 4+ weeks)
Cumbersome and not very good communication with HR
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They came right back with an increase of 1,500.00 (I obviously needed the job)
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Personality Test, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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