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Test Engineer at L-3 Communications
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Alpharetta, GA Dec 2012 – Reviewed Dec 23, 2012
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Got a phone call froobjm HR, schedule phone interview
Phone interview focus on the the content of the resume.
On site interview scheduled and went very well: Managers went over the resume and ask me to describe my previous experience. Basic digital electronic question were ask (AND , OR Gate symbols...) Next day, got a call from HR to offer the job
Interview Question – was ask my previous job salary. View Answer
Negotiation Details – did not negociate at all, salary was fair to my knowledge
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Materials Program Manager at L-3 Communications
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Greenville, TX – Reviewed Nov 27, 2012
Interview Details – I had an over the phone interview and one group interview and I received an offer letter in 2 weeks
Interview Question – What would you do in a situation where you had to choose what is morally right vs. ethically right Answer Question
Negotiation Details – The negotiation process was very easy and i did not receive any resistant
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Software Engineer at L-3 Communications
No Offer – Interviewed in Greenville, TX Aug 2012 – Reviewed Nov 6, 2012
Interview Details – I submitted my resume to a HR recruiter who then forwarded it to the new grad hire. I was contacted by HR from Greenville TX to come up for an in person interview. When I arrived I met with HR and commenced with interview with 6 different people. Mainly asked questions on background projects and behavioral questions. I was given lunch with a personnel. Everyone I met was very nice and I think it would have been a nice place to work.
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- What kind of Projects have you done in school? Least favorite project? Answer Question
- What is an interface, polymorphism, inheritance, and etc. Answer Question
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Senior Technical Writer at L-3 Communications
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Chantilly, VA Jan 2008 – Reviewed Nov 3, 2012
Interview Details – My resume was sent to the hiring manager through a friend of a friend. The hiring manager emailed me an employment application, which I filled out and emailed back. Then he scheduled an in-person interview. After the interview, I received an offer letter and then I went for a drug test.
Interview Question – The interview went smoothly - no difficulties. I showed my portfolio of previous work and left him some writing samples. Answer Question
Negotiation Details – I did not negotiate. They offered a bit more than I asked for. I asked for less money than my experience warranted since I wanted the job.
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Software Engineer at L-3 Communications
No Offer – Interviewed in Greenville, TX Sep 2012 – Reviewed Oct 23, 2012
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I gave them my resume at a University job fair.
I got the call the next week and the interview was the week after that.
The interview day was with about 20 other new graduates and was very casual.
I interviewed with 3 different people. Each was about 30 minutes.
The questions were easy. Nothing really technical. The people were very nice and I really enjoyed the day of interviews and tours.
The company and I are not really a good fit, so I was not surprised or disappointed when I did not get an offer.
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What do you want to do?
Give an example of a challenging problem and how you handled it?
Strengths and weaknesses?
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Intern at L-3 Communications
No Offer – Interviewed in Greenville, TX Oct 2012 – Reviewed Oct 14, 2012
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I met a recruiter at a college career fair and she told me to apply online. I listed her as a reference and then I was invited by phone to fly out to Greenville, TX (at no cost to me of course) for an interview. I left Thursday morning and came back Friday evening. The hotel was really nice. More representatives took us out to eat Thursday night at a nice steak restaurant. All day Friday was the interview. We watched two presentations and did two interviews before lunch. We sat at individual tables with our names marked so that the interviewers knew where to go. The interviews were managers who actually did this job or have done this job for a living. The questions were conversation style and quite thorough. They went over my resume word for word and really dug deep for my knowledge of each item listed.
After those two interviews we toured the facility and let me just say it is amazing. If I was on the fence about wanting to work there before, the tour solidified my desire to really want to be there and learn what they had to teach. Futuristic is not the word. It soon became apparent that these people can teach you everything you need to be successful in any part of IT. Even if you use this as a stepping stone, any company would be lucky to have you after L-3 is done with you. When we came back there was the third interview and we got back in the limo and headed for the airport to go home.
Interview Question – What is your experience with linux editors? View Answer
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Network Engineer at L-3 Communications
No Offer – Interviewed in Baltimore, MD Jan 2012 – Reviewed Aug 8, 2012
Interview Details – Nice place and setup. Got the opportunity through an external recruiter. Asked questions on STP, VLANs and ethernet cabling.
Interview Question – I was asked to describe how to connect 2 switches using the GBIC. Answer Question
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Software Engineer at L-3 Communications
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Bristol, PA Dec 2011 – Reviewed Jul 3, 2012
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Quickest Interview process I've had yet. 4 days from phone call of the recruiter to me accepting the offer!
1) Recruiter calls me, and I express interest (letting him know I already expect an offer from a different company at XXXXX dollars per year).
2) I have a phone call with the Director of Software.
3) I have in-person 1-on-1 interviews with 5 members of the software team.
4) I receive an email offer letter from HR for more money than XXXXX.
Very smooth process.
Interview Question – The interview was more conversational and it was with multiple team members. View Answer
Negotiation Details – I had another offer and told L-3 what it was. L-3 beat it, and I accepted. Unfortunately, the first company was willing to go much higher after I told them I was going to decline in favor of L-3, but I'm glad I took the position with L-3. I would always recommend negotiating, but I was not willing to pass up the great opportunity!
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Systems Administrator at L-3 Communications
Declined Offer – Interviewed in Salt Lake City, UT Jun 2012 – Reviewed Jun 18, 2012
Interview Details – They were very organized and communicated clearly the timeline, what to expect, where to show up. I would suggest that you research the company in advance and be prepared to show that you are willing to take responsibility for your learning and to ready to hit the ground running in your new environment. Also it helps to be relaxed and project confidence.
Interview Question – What is the best compliment someone has ever paid you, and why did you select it? Answer Question
Reason for Declining – I was wanting to take my career in a different direction.
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Research Engineer at L-3 Communications
No Offer – Interviewed in Wilmington, MA Mar 2012 – Reviewed Apr 24, 2012
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I applied initially for an optical engineering position, but the recruiter asked me to instead apply for a research engineering position. I had two phone interviews; the first was with the CTO, and the other with the person who would be my direct boss. I was then flown to the company for the interview. The process was quick; I flew in Sunday at noon and flew out Monday at 2:30. I interviewed from 8:30 to noon with 5 different people. One gripe I would have is that it felt like none of the interviewers other than the CTO and direct boss again had much to talk to me about. The interviews went well, and were fairly easy.
At the end, I was told by the direct supervisor that he was very pleased and I should expect to get one more phone interview within a week from the HR rep, at the very least. It is now over a month later, and I have heard nothing from them.
Interview Questions
- "Oh, you've learned about GRIN lenses in your class? Tell me about how they work." View Answer
- "Tell me about your experience with silicon carbide." View Answer
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