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Updated Dec 5, 2011 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Member of Technical Staff at Sandia
Posted Dec 5, 2011
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2011 in Albuquerque, NM (took 4+ weeks)
WAY easy interview - they don't ask any technical questions whatsoever. It seemed like they were pitching me to pick their group to work.
HR was kind of disorganized. I talked to a recruiter who then pointed me to a posting, then i heard from several managers, but recruiting/staffing had no idea. No one to help or direct me because there's no way to call. Total disaster but it got coordinated.
People were way to concerned about GPA at this place, bad warning sign to work there.
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Reason for Declining
I was impressed with the site, technologies. But talking to employees there, there's only room to climb through title. Benefits are a MAJOR decline at the national labs, raises are horrible, not much for bonuses. Technical people have been leaving and recruited from other places since the Labs can't keep good quality.
Apparently they are hiring so many people, a bunch of folks stated that the bar has lowered tremendously.
Essentially they look at college + GPA + clearance or eligibility and you're in.
Not sure - we are always told to never work for a company that doesn't do technical interviews. It's just a mess because you will be working with low caliber technical people.
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I applied In-Person and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Member of Technical Staff at Sandia
Posted Aug 31, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2010 in Livermore, CA (took a day)
The interview consisted of a full day of 1:1 interviews plus a group presentation and a lunch with two other staff members.
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Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Presentation and a Background Check.
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Member of Technical Staff at Sandia
Posted May 8, 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 Apr 2011 (took a day)
S.E.E event interview, where ~60 other candidates were invited. Several interviews were arranged for each person, from different groups. The people are friendly and generally appear to be very proud in the work that they do for the government. Interviews were fairly casual and relaxed. The lab site is very large and expansive, with many well-stocked research labs, located on an air force base. Traversing the site requires a car.
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Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Presentation.
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Member of Technical Staff at Sandia
Posted Jul 28, 2009
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2008 in Livermore, CA (took a day)
I knew someone working there and submitted resume through him. Whole day of 1:1 and 2:1. Very bright people. Liked to talk about their projects. They were more interested in whether you could potentially contribute to a problem they were solving than any specific questions on programming syntax. They are also very concerned with education.
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