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Engineer Technician B at Harris
Accepted Offer – Reviewed Apr 13, 2013
Interview Details – Came in as a contractor with prior military experience.
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Intern at Harris
Accepted Offer – Reviewed Mar 14, 2013
Interview Details – 4 managers interviewed me, and all were very nice to me.
Interview Question – How to apply your experience in Physics into this job? Answer Question
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Business Development Manager at Harris
Accepted Offer – Reviewed Feb 23, 2013
Interview Details – Hiring Manager contacted to see if I was interested. Declined at first, but later agreed to on-site interview where I met the hiring manager and the extended team. Received offer the same day.
Negotiation Details – No negotiation, I accepted the offer as presented.
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Contracts Manager at Harris
No Offer – Reviewed Feb 20, 2013
Interview Details – Had phone interview with recruiting person, and then several comprehensive phone interviews with potential colleagues. They were all very pleasant to speak with. However, after the last phone interview, I never heard again from any one. I followed up with the recruiting person but never got a response.
Interview Question – What was your most difficult negotiation experience and how did you manage and resolve? Answer Question
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Quality Engineer at Harris
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Malabar, FL Jan 2013 – Reviewed Feb 3, 2013
Interview Details –
One of my friends that works for Harris emailed the hiring manager to recommend me, and I received a call from HR two days later. They scheduled an interview with me for a few weeks later.
This was the itinerary for my interview (9:15AM-4:30PM):
Meet with HR (in Palm Bay)
Palm Bay Tour
Palm Bay Group Interview (with 3 Quality Managers)
Lunch
Malabar Tour
Malabar Group Interview (with Hiring Manager and 2 Quality Engineers)
Security
HR (in Malabar)
Wrap-Up (with Department Head)
Most of the questions I was asked revolved around my resume, and expanding on some of the key things that were on it. During the interview process they made me feel very comfortable the entire time.
Interview Questions
- Describe your perfect job. Answer Question
- What do you know about this position? Answer Question
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Systems Integration & Test Engineer at Harris
No Offer – Interviewed in Palm Bay, FL Aug 2012 – Reviewed Feb 3, 2013
Interview Details – Initially a quick impending interview took about 3 1/2 weeks to make happen. I was told that they read my resume and had created a position purposely to bring me in on, they actually created a position several levels below my skill level. It didn't work out.
Interview Question – All questions were pretty normal for the intended position. Just that the interviewers were taken aback that I was over qualified and seemed purplexed by the whole thing knowing something wasn't right. View Answer
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Software Engineer I at Harris
Declined Offer – Interviewed in Melbourne, FL – Reviewed Jan 15, 2013
Interview Details – I interviewed with about 5 or 6 individuals, most of which asked primarily behavioral questions. I received a call within a couple of days telling me I was going to receive and offer packet in mail soon.
Interview Question – Not very difficult, but I was asked about Java's equivalent to header files in C languages View Answer
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Software Engineer Intern at Harris
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in San Diego, CA Nov 2012 – Reviewed Jan 10, 2013
Interview Details – Met through career fair at my school. Talked to one of the recruiters and got an email for an interview on campus. It consisted of two 30 minutes interviews back to back, two engineers in each room. They asked mostly behavioral questions with some technical questions, nothing too hard. Most questions were about my projects and how'd i handled the challenges that occurred etc.
Interview Question – You have a string with duplicates. Whats the most efficient way to count the duplicates(how many times each one occurs) Answer Question
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Assmbler B at Harris
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Melbourne, FL May 2011 – Reviewed Nov 16, 2012
Interview Details – after u apply by harris.com u never recieve any all or nothig, u need to apply by a contractor company (Yoh) and after one yea and a half u can work as a harris empleyer
Interview Question – tell me ur weekness View Answer
Negotiation Details – What were you able to negotiate? What advice would you give others considering an offer?
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Electrical Engineer I at Harris
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Palm Bay, FL Sep 2012 – Reviewed Nov 8, 2012
Interview Details –
The interview process began with a phone screening "pre-interview" where I was asked simple questions about myself such as "What were the most and least difficult classes taken in college, and why?" and "What about electrical engineering interests you the most?" That phone call lasted roughly ten minutes.
The next step was to schedule a time to come in for a physical interview. I received a phone call from HR to schedule the interview about one to two weeks after the initial screening phone call.
The interview began at 8 a.m. at their corporate headquarters in Melbourne where there were several other "newgrads" about to be interviewed as well. We were all given a brief overview of the employee benefits and the hiring process by several HR employees. They were very pleasant people and the atmosphere during this time was very relaxed. I was given an itinerary of my interview for the day which included who was going to interview me and at what time. This lasted until 9 a.m., at which time all the interviewees were told to drive to their respective interview locations about 10-15 minutes away (or stay where you are if you were interviewing for a position at headquarters).
Starting at 9:30 a.m. I was interviewed by a total of six engineers back-to-back in a one-on-one interview setting. All of the interviews lasted roughly 45 minutes with the exception of the interview with the engineering manager which was done during the lunch break where I was treated to a free meal. The lunch interview was very relaxed, felt more like he was just trying to get to know me, and lasted about 1 hr and 15 min. One of the interviewers took me on a tour of the labs where testing is done. The interview process ended at 2 p.m., for a total of six hours interviewing.
There were several technical questions I was asked to answer that pertained to the specific position for which I was being interviewed, so study up on the material beforehand that relates to the field of interest. However, the majority of the interview questions were pretty standard. I spent a good amount of time answering questions that related to past work experience, leadership positions, special projects of mine, why I believe I would be a fit for the company, and what my strengths and weaknesses are.
Overall this was a great interview process since I got to learn a lot about the position I was being interviewed for, allowing me to determine if this is something I would really want to do, and I got a good idea of what the work culture/atmosphere is like as well as the people I would be working with. I preferred the one-on-one approach taken.
Interview Question – How do you match impedance on a transmission line to achieve maximum power transfer? View Answer
Negotiation Details – Salary, signing bonus, and relocation package were negotiable. The point of contact for this process was HR. Don't go too crazy on asking for more money, the initial offer was pretty good to begin with.
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