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Updated Jan 5, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Intern at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Posted Jan 5, 2012
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2.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2011 in Laurel, MD (took 2 days)
Very informal interview. My soon-to-be group supervisor called me when I was on my way to the movies! haha. We had a nice short conversation about what our group worked on and whether they were relevant to my interests. Went very smoothly. What followed after was a simple background check and urine analysis. Not intimidating at all!
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Engineering at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Posted Nov 7, 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 Apr 2011 (took 1 week)
I visited the JHU APL table at the career fair at my university and expressed interest in working for them. They directed me to apply online to the positions I was interested in and about a few weeks later, I received an email from HR their interest in my resume. I scheduled an on-site interview and met with members of the entire group who discussed what projects they were working on, what my career interests were and my internship experiences. Overall, the environment was very collaborative and everyone seemed nice but my coursework was not a complete fit for what they were seeking.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Research Scientist at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Posted Jul 14, 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 Sep 2010 (took a day)
There was 3 hour long interview with the manager of the electromagnetic area in which he talked and talked and talked...
Then i did my presentation. It went well. Then i went to lunch with 3 people. Then and group interview with 2 people. Then they asked me who else was i interviewing with....they said they wanted to know who was the competition. Everything went extremely well. They were very positive.....they sent me to HR to learn about benefits and pay. They said they would contact me...and that they could not wait for me to start....
Then all of a sudden they said they wanted someone with more experience...even though they knew my experience level before they setup the onsite interview.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Presentation.
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Intelligence Systems Engineer at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Posted Feb 25, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2011 in Laurel, MD (took a day)
This was an on-site interview that followed an on-campus interview with the college recruiter for APL. There were some communication issues, in that I was told I would be interviewing with a group in the Air & Missile Defense department, but I actually interviewed with a group in the Applied Information Sciences department. I requested but did not receive a description of the job to prepare for the interview.
I had some difficulty finding the Doubletree hotel in Columbia when driving my rental car from BWI airport. Columbia is not on the map provided by National, the road where Doubletree is located is not on most maps of Columbia, and on maps that show the hotel, it is shown as a Hilton. The hotel itself was very nice, and finding APL the next morning was a piece of cake in comparison.
The facilities at APL are great. The campus is nicely landscaped, buildings are modern and interconnected, offices are comfortable and well lit, and there is a decent cafeteria on site where my potential supervisor and I ate lunch. I follow a gluten-free, vegetarian diet and my only option was a salad.
I gave a seminar based on my PhD research, but I was interrupted so often and asked so many questions that I was not able to finish the presentation before the time was up (one hour). I gave an extended version of the same presentation in my successful thesis defense in about 40 minutes.
After the seminar, I had one-on-one interviews with four people: the group director and assistant director, the person who would be my supervisor, and the director of a related group. Everyone was very nice, seemed competent and asked intelligent questions. They emphasized the collegiality of the technical staff as a major benefit of working there, and based on what I saw I would agree. Because of the sensitive nature of the work, the descriptions of what I would be doing were very vague. Based on these vague descriptions, I was asked what my technical approach would be, which was awkward. In my opinion, the interviewers hardly got to know me and my capabilities at all. Again, communication issues.
The interview was over at 2pm, but APL's travel representative had scheduled me for a 9:30pm return flight. I hoped to get on an earlier flight on check-in but had no luck.
A few days after the interview, I was contacted by the potential supervisor, who requested copies of several technical documents I have written, including one that is still in peer review and one from a conference without published proceedings. They were apparently looking for something, but they never told me what it was they were looking for. I provided every document requested, then about a week later I received an email from an HR representative that I never met, to tell me that I would not be getting an offer. Again, communication issues.
In hindsight, the job was not a good fit for me, and I could have told them that in a phone interview. I would not hesitate to consider openings with other groups at APL, however. It does seem like a very pleasant, well funded and stimulating environment for high-level technical work.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Presentation.
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Software QA Engineer at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Posted Jul 23, 2010
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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 May 2010 in Cupertino, CA (took 2 months)
three rounds of phone interview and 4 rounds at onsite in cupertino, CA
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
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Software Engineer at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Posted May 28, 2010 — 0 of 1 people found this helpful
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed May 2010 in Laurel, MD (took 5+ weeks)
A classic interview format where I met with key decision makers
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Software Engineer at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Posted Feb 6, 2010
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2008 (took a day)
Interviewed with 2 groups. There were about 3 - 4 people from each group that I interviewed with for about 30 minutes each. Consisted of a good mix of technical and personality questions. Took a while to actually extend an offer, about a month and a half or so. Several levels of approval are required before anyone is hired on.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Engineering at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Posted Jan 8, 2010 — 0 of 1 people found this helpful
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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 Jul 2009 (took 2 weeks)
I interviewed for two positions. The interviews went very well as my skills and experience far exceeded the other applicants. The positions were filled with people from different ethnic backgrounds, some lacking any direct experience..
At times more emphasis is placed on diversity than actual work experience. Recent grads and advanced degrees hold more weight than proven results and stellar references.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
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Summer Intern at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Posted Sep 16, 2009
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2009 in Baltimore, MD (took a day)
Very Simple, Technical Interview, but did not ask any programming/logic questions. Mostly about background and experience. Asked about projects I've had with teamwork and how we resolved our problems. Overall went very well, and talked more what would be expected me over the summer.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Associate Professional Staff at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Posted Mar 19, 2009 — 0 of 1 people found this helpful
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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 Mar 2007 (took a day)
Very informal. Consisted of tours of their labs and discussions of their projects and my background.
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I applied In-Person and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview.
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