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Updated May 8, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Engineering Intern at National Instruments
Posted Sep 1, 2011
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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 Apr 2011 (took a day)
The first part was to submit an application through the website. Application was pretty standard - basic information, project and work experience, resume, cover letter, etc. Not long after I received an email to set up a phone interview. The next week I had the phone interview. The interviewer was patient and friendly. Questions asked included future plans/goals, interests, behavioral cases and technical questions. The "technical" questions asked were not very technical (may differ for other positions) and were more focused on your thought process. They were not so much to see what you knew about a topic but how you analyze or think about a problem. As typically suggested, think out loud and explain everything that you are thinking. After completing the phone interview, I received an email after 2 weeks stating that I had received the position.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Systems Engineer at National Instruments
Posted Sep 4, 2011 — 0 of 2 people found this helpful
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2.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2010 (took 2 weeks)
It is NI's competitor and would like to build up a company in Taipei. But at the same time, I was promoted to a important situation in NI. Therefore, I am not considered her offer.
Reason for Declining
NI is better.
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I got the interview through a Staffing Agency and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Software Engineer at National Instruments
Posted Jul 24, 2011 — 1 of 2 people found this helpful
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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 2010 in Bangalore (India) (took a day)
2 technical interview. Most of the questions were from digital and wireless communication fundamentals.
Few questions on C coding skill too.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Software Engineer at National Instruments
Posted Jul 15, 2011
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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 Sep 2009 (took a day)
Starts with a written test comprising of code snippets and computer puzzles. After one clears the written round one needs to go through 2-3 face to face interview rounds. Each is rejection based. Say, in case you don't get through round 1 then you would be asked to leave.
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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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Software Engineer at National Instruments
Posted Jul 11, 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 Mar 2011 (took a day)
At the interview I was asked to chat with them on skype. I recieved an email setting up the skype call and it was a mixture of telephone call too. So the interview was on the phone, and I was asked to write the answers or piece of code on skype
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Programmer Analyst at National Instruments
Posted May 23, 2011
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4.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2010 in Bayan Lepas (Malaysia) (took 2+ weeks)
Professional, courteous and informative. Looks for a cultural fit to the company in terms of attitude, mindset and intelligence.
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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 Skills Test, a Personality Test and a Background Check.
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Engineering at National Instruments
Posted May 11, 2011
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2011 in Austin, TX (took 4+ weeks)
Recruited on campus, interviewed on campus and on site. Overall process is long and takes some effort (technical presentation) but the interviews themselves aren't tricky or extremely difficult. There was a mix of technical, behavioral, and general questions in all interview stages. They try to get all the info they can on how you think and work.
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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 May 9, 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 in Austin, TX (took a day)
Initial communications were via email with a tech writer, setting up a date and time for the interview. The first interview itself was with two tech writers, who asked what I knew about National Instruments (hint: it does not make calculators). Apparently employees volunteer to engage in recruiting new peers; they called it "extracurricular" activity.
Very early in the interview I was asked for my salary requirements, a question I skirted by saying something about making sure the position is a good fit before discussing pay. It's rumored that NI does not pay very well but that the work is interesting and the culture is very laid back.
There were some behavioral questions, like "describe a time when you had difficulty working with a group" and "tell us about a contribution you made in your last job." Another question was "imagine one activity you'd be doing three years from now if you end up working here." They wanted a very specific activity description.
The two NI employees were open about their job duties and the company culture, which seems to favor healthy work-life balance and physical activity. There is even a primary care physician at the Austin facility, an onsite gym for $15 a month, and free showers for those who like to jog on the trails or commute by bicycle.
The editing test, which was given at the end of the interview, was an example of "getting started" instructions for one of NI's actual products, with errors added after the fact. It could help to be very familiar with the products and their manuals. It was supposed to be 20 minutes, but I set the chronometer on my watch and was stopped at just over 18 minutes, which barely gave me time to finish one pass and did not allow for a second pass.
A few weeks later, I was contacted and asked again for my salary requirements as well as my current salary. This time, I used numbers from the U.S. Department of Labor Statistics and the Society for Technical Communicators to provide a range that would be acceptable. I also totaled up my wages and benefits at my current job. It didn't take long after that for them to decide that they did not need to interview me a second time, so I'm afraid the rumors are correct. NI may be a great place to work, but it probably didn't want to match my current compensation, much less improve upon it.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Skills Test.
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Analog Hardware Engineer at National Instruments
Posted May 9, 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 Feb 2011 (took 1 week)
On campus interview. It was a 1:1 interview. The interviewer showed a PCB thats used in NI.He then asked resume related questions about the Projects done. Moving to a technical question, he asked about designing a logic so that three LEDs would glow in a specific order.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Technical Writer at National Instruments
Posted Apr 28, 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 Jan 2011 in Austin, TX (took a day)
First applied online in mid-December and was contacted in mid-January through email. Set up an interview time and date. The campus is very nice as is the staff. The interviewer came down to meet me in the lobby and I was taken up to the interview room. The interviewer brought in a second employee and the interview began. They asked me various questions about my cover letter and resume; they also asked me various questions about what I learned in school. Following this, I was given 20(?) minutes to finish a short editing test and was sent on my way. A few weeks later, I received an email letting me know they declined me for a second interview. The company is very laid back and the dress code is relaxed. There were banners for many universities hung over most cubicles.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview and a Skills Test.
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