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Electrical Engineer at Southwest Research Institute
Posted Nov 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 Nov 2011 in San Antonio, TX (took a day)
Gave a presentation, then a group interview, then a tour, then another interview.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Presentation and a Background Check.
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Research Engineer at Southwest Research Institute
Posted May 12, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2011 (took a day)
It was very awkward, the person interviewing me asked me some odd questions. It did not seem as though he had much experience interviewing people. He was a senior engineer at SwRI, and the hiring manager. He asked me things like "you have a master's degree in mechanical engineering and you're about to graduate, why don't you already have a job?" How do you answer something like that? It was a bad economy and I was still looking. He asked "I see you did a co-op at Toyota Motor Manufacturing, why aren't you going back to work for them?" Answer: "I'm not interested in working in automotive manufacturing... My interests lie more in research, that's why I applied here." Follow-up question from interviewer: "So if you didn't like working there, how did you cope with working there for so long? Was it hard to go to work everyday? How did you get yourself through the day." WTF? I did my job, there was nothing to cope with... No technical questions, just a couple questions about my graduate research. He asked me if I had an interest in getting a PhD and I responded "if there is a professional need for me to get one then I'll consider it." Basically I didn't get the job and the feedback I got was "there's a chance you might leave to go get a PhD and I don't want to have to hire someone else if you leave" or something along those lines. Right, whatever...
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Engineer at Southwest Research Institute
Posted Apr 26, 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 Nov 2010 in San Antonio, TX (took a day)
I met a recruiter at my university's career fair and then applied for several positions online. The recruiter forwarded a prospective job opportunity to me and an interview was scheduled. SwRI flew me out to San Antonio the night before and the interview took place the next day from around 9am-3pm. I interviewed with multiple employees, with different levels of experience, of the prospective Division on a one on one basis. Two of the engineers took me to the cafeteria for lunch and showed me around the campus.
Each of the engineers asked questions that seemed specific to the topics they dealt with (ie Solid modeling experience, courses I had taken, etc) and a few of the "standard" interview questions. They all then asked if I had questions for them.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
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Senior Secretary at Southwest Research Institute
Posted Dec 4, 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 Mar 2008 (took a day)
Was interviewed by phone as I as previously employed
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None
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Scientist at Southwest Research Institute
Posted Aug 10, 2010
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3.0
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Overall Negative Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2008 in San Antonio, TX (took a day)
I knew the group fairly well going in, and I was fully expecting to take the offer I knew was coming. I spent about an hour with HR, gave a presentation on my research and then had several half hour meetings with members of the group. However, during the interview I was asked inappropriate (and illegal!) questions by several people and was subjected to politically charged rants about the city and state. Needless to say, I took one of the other offers.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Presentation.
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