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Updated Mar 11, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Field Engineer at Turner Construction
Posted Mar 11, 2012
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2012 in New York, NY (took a day)
The interview was very last second, they gave me about two days notice. I had to get there around 8 am and was done way before lunch, around 10:30. The interview process was three one on one sessions. One was with HR, another with a Project Manager and a third with someone in community outreach. They asked about my resume and experience and asked me some questions about what I knew about the company. Turner's website has good information to prepare.
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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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Field Engineer at Turner Construction
Posted Feb 19, 2012
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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 Nov 2011 in Atlanta, GA (took 3 months)
made initial contact during career fair. 1 month after that I had a 1:1 on campus interview with an engineer from the Atlanta office (Scripted typical behavioral questions) . two weeks after that they emailed me telling me that they wanted to interview me again, this time a whole day of interviews in the at the Atlanta office (it was 6 back to back 25 minute interviews) then a corporate lunch and a site visit. it went all extremely well but they did not give me an offer at the end of the process
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Field Engineer at Turner Construction
Posted Nov 29, 2011 — 3 of 3 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 2011 (took 2 days)
Interview Update:
I was invited to return in late Oct to their second round interviews. They provided flight and hotel. The process took two days. First day, dinner with some of the younger field engineer types and HR manager with all the other candidates (6 of us). We were given an agenda for the next day's activities, which consisted of a round-robin like interview process. We each interviewed with 5 people, each interview took 30 mins. All of the interviewers were PMs or Senior PMs, and all were very nice, almost overly nice.
The interviews went quite quick, (wear a suit), They had questions that they were supposed to ask, most didn't really follow the scripted questions (one did).
It was more of get to know your personality and see if you will fit with the culture type of interview. There were lots of young people (35 and below) at the main office, lots.
Typical questions were:
What do you know about Turner?
What type of job do you see yourself performing with Turner?
Why Turner?
Each interviewer asked me one behavior question and each question was different.
As always the behavior questions are the most difficult, but they are typical questions that you can find some decent answers via google.
Advice:
Smile, be happy, they love it
Don't be overly happy, they don't love it
Be casual and sociable.
Be novel and smart, not overly trying to prove how much you know. You'll end up showing how much you do not know, and that's bad. (one such candidate was like this during our interviews, smart cute rich sorority girl)
Market your personality strengths
Speak clearly
Don't be nervous, no need, everyone is nice
Ask questions, it displays interest, but don't be obnoxious (sorority girl - just think legally blond, lol)
After the 2nd round interviews
We were told that we would have to wait for the results up to a month and not to get nervous if you didn't hear anything for a while. They said if they knew they were not going to select you then you might hear from them sooner, so no news was better than bad quick news.
It took a month to hear back from Turner and in this economy it is very difficult to not get nervous.
They offered me a position last week.
Wasn't the best salary offer by far (benefits better than most), but the overall package and the type of people/environment that Turner seems to offer led me to accept the offer.
So, I'm a field engineer at Turner now. And I'm excited to get to work.
Feel free to ask questions.
Interview Questions
If you were part of a football team, which position would you select and why?
Negotiation Details
I tried to negotiate, because I had just turned down a higher offer from a smaller company, because I was waiting to hear back from Turner. Turner offered a base salary 6000 lower than the other company, but I really didn't want to work at a smaller company. I just liked the vibe and the prospects of working for Turner a bit better than the other company.
Turners 401K match and company contributions were decent and the medical was very decent. So, taking into account the benefits and the overall compensation in comparison to the other company, Turner actually came out on top even with a disparity of 6000 in base pay. This is mainly because the other companies medical package sucked.
The HR said that their offer was typical and consistent with the median in the area, which it really isn't, if you are considering just the base salary.
The HR did mention that Turner interns typically might be able to negotiate a higher base salary for entry level positions.
I didn't try as hard as I could, because I had already passed up one offer and didn't have anything else on the table from other companies, plus, I really did like the company's attitude towards employees and professional development.
One thing I will say is that you do get the feeling that, the interview process wasn't really the company atmosphere and that you might be surprised if you think that that type of attitude and atmosphere is an everyday thing at Turner. I do not know, I guess, we will see soon enough.
I start in Jan. after graduation.
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Field Engineer at Turner Construction
Posted Nov 3, 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 Sep 2011 in New York, NY (took 2 weeks)
The employers were really relax and it was a non-technical interview. Most of the questions consisted of how you can tackle problems with multiple deadlines. They basically want to see if you are organized, hard working, and have a great work ethic. Always make sure you come prepared with past experiences where you worked with a team or had a conflict with a group member. Be specific in how you solved the problems and what contributions you brought to the team.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Field Engineer at Turner Construction
Posted Oct 30, 2011
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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 Oct 2011 in Arlington, VA (took 4+ weeks)
Met some young person at a career fair. I have a full interview tomorrow
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Field Engineer at Turner Construction
Posted Oct 25, 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 Oct 2011 (took 2 days)
There was an information session the day before on-campus. Since we were informed on all the company history and ins and outs, we didn't have to go over that during the interview the next day. I had been scheduled to do an interview with two Turner employees; however, there were scheduling issues and I ended up with one interviewer and he was the younger guy without much say in the decision-making. Therefore the interview was not very thorough and I didn't get the opportunity to talk with the more senior lady who was in charge of all the interviews.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Presentation.
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Field Engineer at Turner Construction
Posted May 29, 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 New York, NY (took 2 months)
The first interview consisted of a 1:1 with an HR representative. She went through my resume and had a checklist of questions to ask me. In addition to standard questions (Why Turner?), she threw in some behavioral questions (teamwork is very important). I didn't hear back from HR for a little over a month, but was then invited to a second round interview. The second round interview consisted of 30 minute interviews with 6 different Turner employees. Everyone was really nice, but sometimes asked the same questions, so it got a little confusing and I was worried about repeating myself. The employees all loved Turner (of course), but they came across quite genuine.
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Negotiation Details
The offer was quite generous but I tried to negotiate anyway--and got shot down.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Field Engineer at Turner Construction
Posted Mar 23, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2011 (took a day)
Interviewed first on the phone with an HR rep. It was very short and straightforward. I was then invited to the final round. This consisted of 3 45-min 1:1 interviews, a lunch with upper-level management, and a site visit. All in all, the interviews were easy. Unfortunately, each interviewer asked the same exact questions. Basically everything revolved around "why do you want to be a field engineer at Turner?" The lunch was fun and the site visit was informative. My biggest problem is that it took Turner a long long time to get back to me. It was a solid interview experience. I thought the interviews went very well but was not given an offer. Do not be shocked if this happens to you. They are looking for a very specific candidate. It's frustrating because I don't know what I could have done differently -- I think they had already decided on me before I walked through the door...then why invite me?
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Field Engineer at Turner Construction
Posted Nov 16, 2010
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2010 (took a day)
very general interview questions: why do you want to work for turner, what are your goals...etc
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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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Field Engineer at Turner Construction
Posted Aug 5, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2008 in Arlington, TX (took 4+ weeks)
I was hired after a brief personal interview and resume review.
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Negotiation Details
Minimal. I was offered my desired salary.
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The interview consisted of a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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