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Updated Feb 12, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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ELP Engineer at National Instruments
Posted Feb 12, 2012
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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 Oct 2011 in Austin, TX (took a day)
On campus interview which I got through the university job fair. It was broken into two parts. First part was filled with typical behavioral interview questions and lasted approximately 20 minutes. Second part was a "technical section" which had two questions. You were not asked to solve a differential equation or anything like that, but it did require some basic computer knowledge as well as knowledge of your discipline (Mechanical Engineering for my interview). Advice I would offer is to just be yourself and answer truthfully and there really is no way to "study" for the technical section.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Skills Test.
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Marketing Communications Intern at National Instruments
Posted Jan 31, 2012
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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 May 2011 in Austin, TX (took 3 months)
The recruiter was very friendly and asked basic behavioral questions to see what marketing department I would fit in well.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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ELP Engineer at National Instruments
Posted Jan 30, 2012
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3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2011 in Austin, TX (took 2 days)
After getting selected for an interview on campus, I interviewed with a current ELP Engineer. The interview consisted of your standard behavioral and historical questions as well as some technical questions. The interviewer was very professional and friendly. It was a very pleasant interview.
A couple of weeks later, I got an email saying that I was selected for a headquarter visit and a final round interview. This was located in Austin, TX. The actual interview was on a Friday, but they paid for a hotel up until Sunday morning so that the candidates can get a feel for Austin. They also took us out that Friday night and Saturday night to a dinner and then some bars.
On the day of the interview, all of the candidates got there early in the morning and had breakfast with our hosts while we listened to a presentation about the company. Then the interviews began.
There were 5 interviews, each with someone else, as well as a technical presentation. There was a historical, behavioral, technical, and 2 others based on the departments you were interested in. There was also a 10 minute technical presentation.
The behavioral interview was the standard "tell me about a time you..." interview questions. The historical interview was mostly about what my expectations were and what I was looking for in a job offer (salary, benefits, growth, culture, etc.). The technical interview was not as hard as I was expecting, and was about automation. The technical presentation is just about how you can communicate to an audience a technical subject. They don't really care what the subject is, as long as it is technical.
The company culture was great. It was very laid back and casual, and you would be working on very interesting problems.
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Reason for Declining
The start date would have been over 6 months after I graduated, and there was no way it would move up by much. Since I had an offer from another company (although, it was in a completely different industry) with a start date that would work for me, I chose to accept that.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Presentation.
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Applications Engineer at National Instruments
Posted Jan 27, 2012
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4.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 in Austin, TX (took a day)
Day long interview process including several one on one interviews, a technical interview, and giving a presentation.
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Reason for Declining
Seemed like a good company but salary offer was low for the field.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Presentation and a Skills Test.
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ELP Engineer at National Instruments
Posted Jan 16, 2012
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2011 in Austin, TX (took 4 weeks)
After attending a presentation by NI on campus, I applied online and was called to setup an interview the following week on campus. This initial interview was pretty basic involving both technical and behavioral questions and given by one NI manager and a shadower. I was then flown to Austin, TX for two days to continue the interview process. The first day was very organized consisting of five interviews in total: 1. A generic behavioral interview 2. technical interview which was more concerned with your thought process than prior technical knowledge 3. historical interview asking about salary and location preferences, along with two special interview picked by the candidate in Marketing, Sales, R&D, or System Support. The second day involved meeting other candidates and seeing the area. I really enjoyed meeting the NI team and the entire process was very well organized and moved smoothly.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Presentation and a Skills Test.
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Technical Writer at National Instruments
Posted Jan 5, 2012
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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 Nov 2011 in Austin, TX (took 2 days)
First had one hour phone interview, then I qualified for a face-to-face meeting. The face-to-face lasted 4.5 hours. They gave us lunch. More than one person was there to interview for the same job. The group who interviewed me was extremely nice. We were given a group presentation about the corporate setup and culture, then were interviewed for 20 minutes by either individuals or groups of people. The one question everyone asked was about how I dealt with a difficult situation. I guess they were trying to measure how well I could stand pressure at work. I was always given the opportunity to ask them questions as well. At the end, we were given an editing test. Read some of the white papers posted on ni.com, then you will not be surprised at what you find on the test.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Presentation and a Skills Test.
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Digital Hardware Engineer at National Instruments
Posted Dec 27, 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 Oct 2011 in Austin, TX (took a day)
It was a on-campus interview, i got the interview on the university career fair. It lasted about 45 mins. The recruiter first asked one of my school project. He seemed to be very interested that and asked a lot of questions. Then followed by one technical question. It was a pattern detection question using finite state machine. If you have a course in digital logic design, this should not be a problem. Then came with one behavior question: what was the biggest problem or bug or difficulty that you once came to? I heard about this question so I prepared for it. Overall I think I did pretty well on the interview, but I didn't make it to the on-site interview. I guess they want to hire more analog guys. There are not actually many digital positions opening--that's what I heard from my friend working there.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Software Engineer at National Instruments
Posted Dec 19, 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 Oct 2011 in Austin, TX (took a day)
Find the average value of the nodes in a binary tree
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Marketing Communications Intern at National Instruments
Posted Nov 18, 2011
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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 Oct 2011 in Austin, TX (took 6 weeks)
There is one person that interviews you. My lady was very nice and comfortable. They ask you about 5 open ended questions on top of the general (are you able to work a minimum amount of hours, what is your GPA, etc.) questions. They want to know a lot about how you work on teams and a time that you have gone the extra mile. There are more questions than you would expect so be sure to spread out your top interview pieces. They are very friendly and relaxing. I had to apply, get a request for a one-on-one interview, interview, and then receive their decision two weeks later. It took about 6 weeks for all of this to be done, but it depends on when you apply. Good luck!
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Engineering Leadership Program at National Instruments
Posted Nov 16, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 in Austin, TX (took a day)
Flew me out to Austin, put me up in a nice hotel with everything paid for. Had to show up bright and early on Friday. I was in an interview group of about 15 people. Day consisted of a couple presentations about NI, benefits, etc, then had to give a 10 minute technical presentation, go through about 3 1:1 interviews and a technical interview. After that they took us to dinner and downtown Austin for the night.
The technical interview was the most nerve racking but they don't look for you to have all the answers just be able to remain easy going and explore all the options in a logical and orderly manner. It's ok to say I don't know what to do next.
The 1:1 interviews sometimes overlap questions but the interviewers actually care about what you are saying and ask you questions about your answers instead of just nodding and writing down whatever you say and moving on.
Overall pretty straightforward onsite interview!
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Reason for Declining
I loved NI, everything about their corporate culture really meshed with my personality but it came down to not being what I really wanted to do.
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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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