Spirit AeroSystems Interview Questions & Reviews

Interviewed May 2008 in Wichita, KS (took 1 week)

Slow process...after they decided to interview me, it took a week to set it up, then after the interviews it took another week to get an offer, then after I told them I would accept it took nearly two weeks to get the results of the background check and drug test back (not because of problems with either, because their wheels move slowly).

The interview process itself was pretty standard. I did interview with the person who would be my boss, a peer of theirs, their boss, and their boss's boss. Pretty standard situational questions by all. They did not seem to have a standard set of interview questions they would ask all candidates; it seemed pretty free-form and informal. For such a large company, with so much red-tape, I was surprised by that. All of the people I interviewed with were friendy and seemed excited to talk to me, excited about their jobs, and excited about the future of the company.

The post-job offer process seemed inefficient. I worked with HR for everything other than the actual interviews. They were accessible by email and phone, but seemed more used to dealing with internal people who would be familiar with their acronyms, jargon, facility building locations, and procedures. They had a hard time proactively communicating some important things to me before I had to ask. Like where to park, do I need a guest badge to get in, who would give me a guest badge and when, and what to do after the interviews ended.

The overall process was not bad, but it certainly could have been better. I am enjoying working there, by the way.