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Updated Apr 12, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Software Engineer at Rockwell Collins
Posted Apr 12, 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 Oct 2010 in Cedar Rapids, IA (took 4 weeks)
The interview process was fairly simple. I met the recruiter during the career fair in my University. I was called for a 30 mins interview the following day in the university campus. The recruiter learnt about my interests and previous work experience and briefed about the company. After a week I was called for the onsite interview. I was scheduled to interview with 3 teams. I was interviewed by the hiring manager and senior engineer in each team. The questions included behavioral, past projects, simple technical questions, technical skill level evaluation etc. Each team demonstrated the product they were working on. It is upon each team to evaluate how good a fit you are for the team.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Software Engineer at Rockwell Collins
Posted Nov 3, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2010 in Cedar Rapids, IA (took a day)
Got an on-campus interview from university career fair. Heard back in 3 weeks and invited to on-site. Had a whole-day interview with 4 groups. Met the hiring manager and an engineer from each group. The interview process is more like a conversation instead of a test. They asked questions about my experience and my projects, some behavior questions, etc. They also explained what their team are working on (even showed videos, pictures, labs, equipments). The interviewers are very nice. I appreciate the way that they spend most of time telling you about what they are doing, what's the working environment like, and answering interviewee's questions, instead of making you write code or solve difficult problems. Just got a call telling me the offer is on the way.
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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 Rockwell Collins
Posted Oct 24, 2010
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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 Sep 2010 in Cedar Rapids, IA (took 1+ week)
I applied online and got selected for a campus interview. The 30 mins campus interview was behavioral and quite easy. Thereafter I received a phone call the next day inviting me for an onsite interview in Cedar Rapids, IA. The onsite interview with the manager was 45 minutes long and was behavioral as well. Overall the interviewing process was very easy. A week later I got the job offer.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Software Engineer at Rockwell Collins
Posted Apr 13, 2010 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2009 in Cedar Rapids, IA (took 4+ weeks)
Applied online and received an invitation for an interview. Met with the hiring manager 1:1 for a short period of time. Then was invited to a 2nd interview which involved multiple 1:1 interviews with other managers and a lunch with some of the current team. It was half technical and half behavioral.
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Reason for Declining
Better offers.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Software Engineer at Rockwell Collins
Posted Mar 23, 2010
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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 Mar 2010 in Cedar Rapids, IA (took 2 days)
They flew me to Cedar Rapids day before the interview. I was assigned an ambassador to answer my questions about Cedar Rapids and Rockwell Collins. She asked me about my interests and where would I prefer to stay (house, condo or apartment etc). She gave me a tour of the city. She also dropped me off at my interview location and picked me up from there.
My interviewers were a Sr. Software Engineering Manager and 3 Software Engineers from the same group they were hiring for. The interview was pretty laid back and relaxed. They showed me a demo of their work in one of their labs. They made clear that they are not using any cutting edge technology there and they will strictly stick to C.. not even C++. They took me out to lunch after interviews and then gave a short tour of the facility. Thats it.
So it was not stressful at all. I enjoyed talking to them and getting to know more about the company.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Software Engineer at Rockwell Collins
Posted Dec 27, 2009
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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 Nov 2009 in Cedar Rapids, IA (took 2 days)
Rockwell is straightforward in their hiring process, at least to new college grads. I interviewed on campus then was told I was invited out to Cedar Rapids to do an in-person interview. I gave a 45 minute presentation on my life and was interviewed by about 4 different people. All of the interviews were relatively painless, behavioral-style questions.
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Reason for Declining
The location in CR did not appeal to me immediately - being from there I chose to "spread my wings" as it were. However, Cedar Rapids is a great place to work and the Rockwell benefits are very good.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Presentation.
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Software Engineer at Rockwell Collins
Posted Dec 10, 2009
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2007 (took 3 days)
If you survived the initial phone interview, the next step is probably an in-person interview. Every company has their own way of conducting these interviews. Some prefer to have "panel-like" interviews, while others prefer one-to-one interviews. Expect to interview with three to four technical people (most likely the people you will end up working with) and maybe a group manager. The entire interviewing process can take anywhere between 2 to 6 hours. If the interview overlaps with lunch hours, the company will usually arrange for lunch. Expect a wide variety of questions that range from common personal questions to very challenging technical questions relevant to the job you are applying for. Remember that the whole point of this exercise is for the interviewers to determine if you have the skills to do the job you are interviewing for, and if you are someone they would like to work with.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Drug Test.
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Software Engineer at Rockwell Collins
Posted May 13, 2009 — 0 of 1 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 Mar 2009 in Ottawa, ON (Canada) (took 4 weeks)
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Skills Test.
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Software Engineer at Rockwell Collins
Posted Mar 19, 2009 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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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 Oct 2008 (took 2 days)
I had a contact who referred me to the position through RC's internal database. They had a lot of work at the time and were eager to hire new SW engineers. At first I got a phone call from the group engineering manager in the hiring department. He asked me the usual questions about my educational background and my skills. He wanted to make the initial screening that I am a good fit for the position and the department. Being a non US citizen, he also wanted to test my communication skills. We then agreed on a date for a formal all-day interview.
A few days later I showed up wearing a suit and a button up shirt ( no tie ). I was escorted into the building by a senior software engineer who took me to a vacant room and started interviewing me 1 on 1. This was the most technical part of the interview. He asked me C++ questions, very general ones. I answered those, then he started asking very specific ones using some terminology that I was not familiar with and I had a few hiccups. I said that " I am not sure I know the answer to this question" when I really did not know the answer. This was the worst part of the interview for me.
He asked me about control theory, and when do we sometimes use the S-domain while other time we use the Z-domain. This was very easy for me as it was related to my graduate studies.
He also asked me if I knew anything about aeronautics and how planes fly. I said that I have just very basic knowledge from my high school physics classes.
Then I met with another engineering manager for a different group, and he interviewed me to see if I can be a better fit in his group (not the same manager who called me on the phone earlier). He was an older guy and he just told me about the company and how stable it is, and that he has been working there for 20 years. He told me a little bit about the history of the company. Nothing technical here, just basic chitchat.
Third interview was with another software engineer. He focused more on the overall software engineering process. He asked me about the classes that I took in college. I described my prior SW eng knowledge, requirements gathering, testing, verification, adherence to the process. I also asked him about the process they follow at the company. He seemed pretty impressed with my answers.
4th interview was, again, with an engineering manager. He has a sheet of questions that he had previously prepared. These were more personal/HR type questions. What is your best quality, your worst trait. If you were given an assignment on Friday, would you try to finish it quickly on Friday, or would you rather wait and tackle it the next week after the weekend ( I don't think there is a wrong or right answer there). I said I would finish it the same day to get it off my mind. I asked him about the career path at RC and his own experiences in the department.
Finally, I met with my would-be-manager and we chatted for a while. Most of the managers seemed really laid back and nice. Expect for a few of the very technical engineers, everyone else seemed more concerned about figuring out where I fit well in the department rather than quizzing me with technical questions and trying to make me nervous.
The whole interview was from 8 am - 3 pm. I had a one hour lunch break where my future "mentor" took me out for a free lunch :)
Around 10 days later I was contacted an HR manager and negotiated my salary. He asked me how much I wanted and I gave him a 5k range. He said " oh, said is very doable. We can certainly do that" although my range was a bit higher than the average in the market. He asked me whether I wanted my sign in bonus as a lump sum when I start working or spread out over the course of the first year. This might be different depending on your tax status. He asked me whether I wanted to accept the offer verbally on the phone so they can go ahead and send me the paper work the next day. I accepted.
The very next day I got the offer letter with all the paper work I needed. That included a drug test.
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Around 10 days later I was contacted an HR manager and negotiated my salary. He asked me how much I wanted and I gave him a 5k range. He said " oh, said is very doable. We can certainly do that" although my range was a bit higher than the average in the market. He asked me whether I wanted my sign in bonus as a lump sum when I start working or spread out over the course of the first year. This might be different depending on your tax status. He asked me whether I wanted to accept the offer verbally on the phone so they can go ahead and send me the paper work the next day. I accepted.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Drug Test.
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