I interviewed at European Space Agency (Noordwijk, South Holland)
Interview
Eerst gebeurt er een selectie op basis van cv en motivatiebrief, gevolgd door een eerste gesprek waarin gepeild wordt naar kennis, motivatie, relevante ervaring en de aansluiting bij de functie en organisatie.
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I interviewed at European Space Agency (Noordwijk, South Holland)
Interview
One HR, two technical experts. Questions were focused on the position. In preparing for the tasks, the interview questions were not too difficult. The interview started on time and everybody was very supportive and were really interested in getting to know me.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
"If you had 1 Bn Euros, how would you improve the XY space system?"
I applied online. I interviewed at European Space Agency (Didcot, England)
Interview
It was a two step process including an at-home recorded video interview, followed by an on-site panel interview. The panel interview was with four interviewers across HR, line manager, head of department and one other prospective colleague.
Interview questions [6]
Question 1
What are the most relevant aspects of your experience and qualifications that, in your opinion, make you eligible for this post?
Provide one example of existing sustainable services in the market that require the utilization of satellites. Identify who are the main actors in the service value chain (represents the chain of activities that generates value to the customer.).
Part of the activities of this post requires the analysis, interpretation and visualization of data such as performance indicators aggregated in Excel files. What is your experience in Excel and in writing Visual Basic codes in Excel?
Satellite based localization using for instance GPS is used in many applications. Can you describe the basic principles that allows the positioning using GPS? Why is clock stability so important?
