URS Graduate Civil Engineer Interview

Interview Details – The interview started with on campus recruiting. I first attended a voluntary information session with about 50 other candidates (although this included multiple disciplines, as recruiters were hiring for several different positions). The next day I had a 30 minute on campus interview with the recruiter specific to my discipline. This interview was pretty basic and didn't contain any technical questions as I recall. After 2-3 weeks I was contacted for an office interview. The office interview was much more involved than the on campus interview and lasted nearly a whole work day. I was taken out for breakfast and lunch, had several 30 minute interviews, and gave a 20-minute technical presentation (I knew about he presentation before the interview and was given the option for a non-technical topic). Each interview or meal was with someone different so a lot of the questions and general topics of conversation overlapped. Overall, it was a good interview process in my opinion, although I left pretty exhausted from the shear length.

Negotiation Details – The final office interview was with the department head and we discussed salary and benefits at the end of the interview. I told him my expected salary at that time but was not offered the job/salary until 3 weeks later. This conversation was over the phone and no negotiations occurred at that time.