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Updated Mar 28, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Project Administrator at Parsons Brinckerhoff
Posted Mar 28, 2012
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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 Dec 2011 in Dubai (United Arab Emirates) (took a day)
The selection was based on creativity and attitude
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Negotiation Details
Yes. Know the salary range before negotiating. If you have a capability that the company requires, then you have an edge.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Graduate Structural Role at Parsons Brinckerhoff
Posted Jun 24, 2011 — 1 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 Jun 2011 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England (United Kingdom) (took a day)
The graduate assessment is divided into 4 parts
1) Introduction and PB presentation
2)Group Discussion-
which 8 of the candidates were divided into 2 groups of 4 and discuss
The exercise is to discuss the topics to be considered by a feasibility study for connecting a power station located on the Solway Firth to the load centres near Manchester.
At the end of the discussion we would like a group view on
A)Consideration for route selection
B)Factors that need to be considered for the structure and foundation design parameters
C)Any additional considerations should be the line pass close to built up areas or pass through areas of special scientific interest or National Parks
D)Environmental Impact
3)technical Interview- the interviewer asked some technical questions about foundation, soil investigation, environmental aspect affecting the cable, height of the power structure and tension of the cable.
4)Eggscape- Where we design a structure to capture a falling egg.
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Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Presentation and a Personality Test.
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Technical Support Analyst at Parsons Brinckerhoff
Posted May 28, 2011
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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 Jan 2011 in Godalming, England (United Kingdom) (took a day)
A applied for the position after the website indeed.co.uk directed me to the Parsons Brickenhoff web site. I applied for a 1 year contract position. The rate was not advertised and wrongly assumed they would be paying the going rate I expected of £25 per hour.
Initially, I received a call offering to make an appointment for an informal chat on the phone with their HR person. This happened as agreed, and I would say that this was no problem and was pretty short. Nothing major. Just a few preliminary questions to suss me out I guess. Another interview at their site was arranged.
I traveled to their site in Godalming and met with their I.T. guy along with an HR guy from up North. He was the guy I'd spoken to on the phone. He had a pleasant manner that I could warm to and feel relaxed talking to.
I was lead to a room and introduced to the I.T. manager. The first thing they did was present me with a skills test. The first thing I thought was, if this is an intelligence test, then I'm out of here. However, to my relief, it was simple questions about the kind of things I know about. So I sailed through it and missed out a couple.
The actual interview was non-intimidating and went well. Towards the end, they kind of joked about that question they always ask which is, "What are your strengths and weaknesses." I thought it was a nice touch to make light of these types of questions and gave me a sense that these people are pretty down to earth when all said and done.
At the end of the interview, I needed to get down to money. To my horror, I was told that they are offering between £17 and £22K per year. I then asked if this really was a contract position. They said it was and kind of felt an idiot for not asking this at the telephone stage. I had another interview lined up and decided to tell them this was the pay I was looking for. So then if I perhaps could later discuss the pay with them or whatever.
I left the interview feeling totally disappointed because I knew it had gone really well, apart from the stupid pay. When it gets like this I wonder if I might as well work in a Mcdonalds drive thru.
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Reason for Declining
I was telephoned and offered the position. The HR guy said however that they could not offer me 22K because my previous experience was not in an environment of as many staff. Which was rubbish because doing the calculations, where I had previously worked, it worked out the same if one considered the number of support staff vs the numbers being supported. Parsons Brickenhoff employed a lot more support staff so it worked out the same really. They offered me 18k. That is about £8 ish per hour.
In the end, I couldn't contain myself and just had it out with the HR guy and told them that I had previously done I.T. support contracts for the council. I charged £25 per hour and that was considered low. I told the HR guy that what they were doing was completely ridiculous and had to turn down the offer.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Skills Test.
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Senior Engineer at Parsons Brinckerhoff
Posted May 12, 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 Jul 2009 (took 2 days)
Good interview. discussion on past projects. Interest
Negotiation Details
Got a bonus of about 10% after negotiation.
Other Details
The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Transportation Engineer at Parsons Brinckerhoff
Posted Apr 30, 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 Orange, CA (took 1 week)
I got a referral from a professor, then applied online. They contacted me to set up an interview. I went in for the interview 2 days later. I met with three people, totaling a two hour period. The people were very friendly and welcoming. They seemed to be experts in their field.
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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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Engineer at Parsons Brinckerhoff
Posted Jun 1, 2010
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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 Nov 2008 (took a day)
Interview proccess.
Negotiation Details
Negotiation phase.
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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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Consultant at Parsons Brinckerhoff
Posted May 24, 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 Oct 2009 in Sealy, TX (took 4+ weeks)
The initial phone interview was pretty standard. Standard questions asking to describe yourself, difficult situations, background, etc. They also wanted to know what kind of experience I had in terms of financial analysis experience. Three days later I received a call informing me that I was selected for a second interview. The second interview consisted of me and three other candidates. After listening to a partner give specifics on the position, company, office, etc., each candidate had a three step interview process (individually). The first was a basic excel and writing test. You had about 45 minutes to edit and reformat a memo and create an excel that was easy to read, used summation, and basic equations. The second part of the interview was sitting down with two partners and asking standard interview questions. Laster about an hour. Finally, the third part was a case interview with a consultant and partner. Pretty standard case interview. Wasn't extremely in depth. Pertained to the industry and was a past project the office had worked on.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Skills Test.
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Project Engineer at Parsons Brinckerhoff
Posted Sep 20, 2009
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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 2009 (took a day)
The interviewer was really nice. Asked about previous experiences, skills, expectations and etc. regular stuff. I felt the company was a really good one. I didn't get an offer in the end because the project was on hold.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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