HUGHES Telematics Interview Questions & Reviews

Interviewed Jun 2011 in Atlanta, GA (took 3 weeks)

I was initially contacted by an internal recruiter a few days after applying to an advertisement on Indeed.com. First phone interview with the recruiter touched on my background and desire to relocate to Atlanta, GA for this opportunity (however no mention that they would be unable to provide assistance if I ended up accepting an offer?). I explained that I was interested in the location as some family members currently reside in the Atlanta area. A week later I had a second phone interview with the hiring manager, which went well and after one more week I was invited to fly in for a day of interviewing as I was not a local candidate. The onsite interviews consisted of a group activity, tour of the office and two one-on-one interviews (HR and hiring manager).

My last interview of the day was with the HR leader who candidly informed me that there were no relocation benefits available for the position and asked if I were still interested? I said that there is still interest on my side but upon reflection I would not have accepted the offer as that tells me a lot about this company from a financial aspect and how financially I would not be rewarded after joining. In addition, while touring their offices I did not see a lot of smiling faces (red flag!). So, it turned out to be a waste of time for both parties considering proper vetting was not conducted around their inability to offer relocation assistance at the initial phone screen.

There was also no follow-up from this company after the interview. I had to find out on my own after the job had been refreshed on the Internet a couple weeks later. Very lame.