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Updated Feb 7, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Hardware Engineer I Intern at National Instruments
Posted Feb 7, 2012
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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 Nov 2011 in Redmond, WA (took a day)
I met the company representatives at a campus career fair, attended an information session, and heard back within a week. I gave them my best three times (via email) and they replied back with the interview time slot. Communication with the company representatives was prompt, and they seemed very courteous.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Software Intern at National Instruments
Posted Feb 5, 2012
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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 Oct 2011 (took a day)
I handed out my resume at my university's career fair and I got a call back from a NI rep who was at the fair the same day and we scheduled a 1:1 for the next morning.
The questions were pretty standard tell me about a time things didn't go well... tell me about a time when you went above and beyond... when have you been challenged? etc...
Then the technical part was a series of questions having you to do some things with a deck of cards (shuffling, drawing, etc...)
There were some serious issues with being contacted about whether or not I would be offered a job though. I was supposed hear yes or no after 2 weeks but it ended up taking a month and a half (with a lot of "am I still being considered?" emails to keep things moving).
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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 Engineering Intern II at National Instruments
Posted Feb 3, 2012
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2011 (took a day)
Was asked about projects and basic resume review. This was followed by why do you want to join and then a question on finding the kth median of a binary search tree.
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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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Applications Engineer at National Instruments
Posted Jan 31, 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 Jan 2012 (took a day)
Stage 1: Interview 1:1
Non-inverting amplifier configuration.
Question about current experience.
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Stage 2 -> Technical Interview via Skype
Stage 3 -> 1:1 interview.
I received the stage 2 call.
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Weakness
Question about current experience.
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I Applied Online 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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Engineer at National Instruments
Posted Jan 29, 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 Feb 2010 (took 3 weeks)
Very relaxed, yet challenging problem sets.
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Reason for Declining
Heard the employees were underpaid.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Skills Test and a Drug Test.
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Applications Engineer at National Instruments
Posted Jan 27, 2012
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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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.
Interview Questions
Reason for Declining
Seemed like a good company but salary offer was low for the field.
Other Details
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
Average Interview
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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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Community Relations at National Instruments
Posted Jan 14, 2012
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3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2011 (took a day)
The interview was just a 1-hr. ordeal. Interviewer just asked behavioral questions.
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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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