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Updated May 6, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Engineering at Insitu
Posted May 6, 2012
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2012 in Hood River, OR (took 8 weeks)
I found the position through a head hunter's posting online. I emailed the head hunter and sent my resume. I had about a one hour phone interview with the hiring manager at Insitu. I did not hear anything back for several weeks. Eventually, after a hiring freeze was lifted, I was invited for an onsite interview. The onsite interview was about 3.5 hours long. I interviewed with 7 different people at Insitu. Questions were easy and mainly consisted of explaining my background. Very few behavioral questions were asked. I thought I did very well during the interview and was expecting an offer.
I found it curious that they flew me across the country to interview in a conference room for 3.5 hours without showing me around the office, facilities or anything. It gave me a bad impression, I felt like they were just going through the motions and were not serious about finding someone for the position.
Additionally, the HR representative I talked with said Insitu has the best benefits she has ever seen. Insitu's benefits, while okay, are not nearly the best I have ever seen.
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Reason for Declining
After about a week and a half after the interview, the head hunter called me and said Insitu was wondering if I would be interested in a contract position with no relocation. It was commented that I would need "some time to get up to speed" and that after being on contract a few months maybe they would hire me in full-time. I found this curious because I felt my background matched very well with the position and I would be able to bring in an expertise that they were lacking. They also knew that I currently have a good job with decent benefits so I do not think they were serious about hiring me. In summary, I was excited about the opportunity to interview at Insitu and see their facility and product. However, I feel like my time was wasted and they were not serious about this position. I think they are struggling to grow right now considering the current defense budget constraints and cannot provide adequate offers to bring in new talent.
Other Details
I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Financial Service Representative at Insitu
Posted Nov 30, 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 Jul 2009 in Bingen, WA (took 5 months)
general questions about background... nothing special or technical.
Basically if you got to face to face interview, you were hired.
Negotiation Details
I said what I wanted and got it.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Engineering at Insitu
Posted Sep 14, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2011 in Hood River, OR (took 5 weeks)
Seems disorganized. Hiring manager was young and inexperienced. I went through a pre-screen process and was then invited to a site interview. I think the hiring manager missed several key details on my resume and application that should have filtered me out, instead I wasted time traveling across the country interviewing for a position below my qualifications. Ultimately I was not offered a position.
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Pilot Instructor at Insitu
Posted Sep 8, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2011 in Bingen, WA (took 6 months)
Was interviewed for a UAS pilot instructor position in January 2011. After conducting one phone interview with two individuals, I was asked to phone interview a second time with a panel of my potential peers. Both phone calls took 1.5 hours each. After the second phone interview, I was told that someone would be contacting me in a week, two at the max. After 4 weeks, I called and called and called, and no one would return my calls. I emailed, and nothing. I continued to interview for other positons, and after 4 months, I get a call saying how they "loved me" and that they are working on getting me an offer. OK, sounds great. After another month of trying to contact someone for info, and getting no return calls or emails, I took another job somewhere else. After 5 more weeks, I get a call asking for me to come up and do a personal interview with a possible job offer! I declined and they were offended that I would not accept their invitation. Now, they have called me again, asking me to interview for a different position. I did interview for this different position. After the interview, I was told that HR would get back with me, but don't expect it to be quickly. "We have issues with our HR department" is what I was told. OK. If you know your HR dept is messed up, don't tell a potential employee that!! I called them to see where I am in the process, and its been 3 weeks, and no return calls. Nice.....
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Reason for Declining
Due to their lack of getting back to me and not letting me know my status required me to accept a position elsewhere.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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International at Insitu
Posted Nov 23, 2010
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2010 in Bingen, WA (took a day)
While Insitu has a great product, there was little respect in the post-interview process.
Interviewed for a half hour with a rep from HR, and 1.5 hours (it was supposed to take one hour) with two employees from the department. Everyone I spoke with was very personable and friendly.
I was told I would be contacted within a week, or perhaps a week longer. After a week and a half I called to ensure they had received my email with additional materials, but did not receive an email or phone response.
After two and a half weeks, contacted the other individual from the second interview, who told me that they were having "internal difficulties," and that she did not know what was going on. She told me to contact HR. I am assuming she knew the position had been filled, but shirked from the responsibility from telling me.
A half hour after I contacted the HR rep, he told me the position had been filled.
I guess they had filled the position but forgot to tell me.
Very disrespectful for a hopelessly job seeker would have otherwise spent that time seeking other positions. While I have interviewed for other positions in the past, this was by far the worst experience.
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Other Details
I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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