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Updated May 16, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Marketing Forecast Analyst at Sensata
Posted May 16, 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 Nov 2010 in Attleboro, MA (took 6 months)
The Interview was just fine. The thing that upset me is that kept saying I was there # 1 candidate for 5 - 6 months. I interview face to face in November. Never heard anything back.I pretty much wrote of the opportunity, every once in a while they'd get back to me saying they had some delays, but would make a decision very soon. Finally after 3 months of waiting, they conducted an interview with the VP of marketing. I kept hearing back from them for the next 3 months saying they were interested, but never received an offer.
I've honestly never interview for a place like this.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Engineering at Sensata
Posted May 1, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2011 (took a day)
Brought on site with approximately twenty five others. four separate one on one interviews. three were technical interviews one was behavioral. I was reimbursed for travel and took care of lodging (I was lodged in a near by hotel). I was taken for a tour of the facilities which were nice. Overall, a good interviewing experience, only wish I could have gotten an offer.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Mechanical Design Engineer at Sensata
Posted Mar 19, 2012
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2011 in Attleboro, MA (took a day)
There were 4 interviews, each lasted about 30 minutes. 3 with higher up engineers and 1 with HR. Engineers asked very technical questions from statistics to fluid mechanics, while HR asks behavioral questions and your future plans with the companies. The rest are questions you have for them (MUST HAVE QUESTIONS TO ASK THEM; otherwise, the interviews will end in an awkward way without you showing any interest)
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Internship at Sensata
Posted Mar 11, 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 May 2011 (took a day)
Many engineers to compete for a very small number of openings. I saw many highly qualified people get rejected. The company atmosphere is good and the work environment is good. I wouldn't recommend the company however, the work seems too mundane. mechanical engineers work their entire lives here to shave cents off the cost of automotive products.
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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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Design Engineer (ME) at Sensata
Posted Oct 15, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 in Attleboro, MA (took a day)
It was the Fantastic Friday event held by Sensata. Applicants were invited to the design and business center at Attleboro, MA for interview. Around 20 applicants started waiting in a conference room at 8 am for 4 different interviewees. Each applicant was interviewed by one HR fellow and three engineers individually so the entire process took almost a morning. HR asked behavioral questions such as "describe a time when you have conflict with your coworkers and how you handled it?" "Would you consider yourself a leader or a follower?" Technical questions asked by engineers include solving a simple circuit, finding the maximum space of a fence made with limited length of material, solving a heat conduction problem associates with composite material by using thermal resistances, Bernoulli problem, heat transfer problems involving convection and conduction, analyzing the problems of a real sensor device. Engineers also asked "if now I call your adviser, what would you expect that he says about you?" " What position do you imagine yourself doing after 5 years in this company?" "How would you deal with the person when he has different opinion in your group?"
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.
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Product Engineer at Sensata
Posted Jul 19, 2011
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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 2009 in Attleboro, MA (took 4+ weeks)
Very organized. Consisted of 1 phone interview + 4 In person interviews
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Skills Test.
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Product Manager at Sensata
Posted Jun 16, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed May 2011 in Attleboro, MA (took 2 months)
The initial telephone interview was relaxed and informative. What I thought was going to be a 1:1 scenario during the 2nd phase turned out to be a 5 hr questioning session with 5 different managers with no advance warning. Luckily had all day set aside...and needed it. It was a very informative session where they asked many questions and they answered many questions. They were honest about the work load and potential hrs per week. Polite and Professional.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Electrical Design Engineer, Entry Level at Sensata
Posted May 31, 2011
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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 Mar 2010 in Attleboro, MA (took a day)
First I had a phone interview where a Vice President, who is a MSEE, in the company grilled me for 45 minutes on almost every topic in electrical engineering. I had only a little idea what Sensata did at the time of the interview, but I appreciated how thorough the range of interview questions were.
The on-site interview consisted of one HR interview and three engineer interviews. The first one was with the same Vice President who I spoke with on the phone. He wanted to run through a list of about 30 questions in the in-person interview as well. He did not like that we didn't get through more than 10 questions in the interview time. I thought that I had proven myself in the phone interview, but I guess he wanted to know more about my knowledge. I thought all those questions were unnecessary for a company that makes a lot of MEMS-based sensors. I think the interview took place in a big room of cubicles of engineers that they had laid off. The other two engineer interviews went well, but I am sure that I did not get an offer because of what the Vice President thought of my on-site interview.
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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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Engineering at Sensata
Posted Apr 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 Mar 2011 in Almelo (Netherlands) (took a day)
The interview took placed on University campus at technical university of delft. They (two persons) first introduced the company and their products, then we discussed about my resume. I asked about possible research department. It seems that the company is dependent on customer's problems. The customers first define a problem and then the design engineering department try to give an idea and solve that problem, in the manner that the product is environmentally friendly and has green functionality.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
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Process Development Engineer at Sensata
Posted Dec 19, 2010 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2010 in Attleboro, MA (took a day)
Met recruiter at college fair and within a month, got an e-mail invitation to Fantastic Friday event. This consists of a day of interviewing (4 one on on interviews) followed by a tour of the company.
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