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Anonymous Interview Candidate in New York, NY
I interviewed at Mercury Systems (New York, NY)
The interview was pretty relaxed. They asked about my resume and then asked a bit about my background in the area. The whole process took about one and a half months

Anonymous Interview Candidate
I interviewed at Mercury Systems
I was offered a phone screen which never came and after 2 months, heard back from another recruiter requesting another phone screen which actually went smoothly. However, the interview with the manager was extremely disappointing as he clearly didn’t read my resume until he was on the phone with me.
- Are you familiar with ESD-safe techniques?
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Anonymous Employee
I interviewed at Mercury Systems
I was first contacted by a recruiter. Then had an online interview with a manager. After I had an in person interview that can last up to 3 hours with multiple engineers.
- Asked questions about digital logic and basic questions about FPGA design.

Anonymous Interview Candidate
I applied online. I interviewed at Mercury Systems
Very long, really thought I was going to get an offer! People were nice, I enjoyed the project. Bummed I got no offer, and after 8 rounds of interviews and an in person, just a boiler plate email let down. I wish they would have called and explained.
- Where would you send our c-suite for dinner in NYC?

Anonymous Interview Candidate in Torrance, CA
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Mercury Systems (Torrance, CA) in Jul 2023
Went through HR first, seemed to be a bit of a hurdle to go through. Once talked to actual engineers it was a great interview process. Asked mixture of technical questions, as well as general intelligence questions, and personality/social questions.
- Derivatives, OpAmps, Circuit analysis (voltage dividers, etc)

Anonymous Interview Candidate in Madrid
I applied through other source. I interviewed at Mercury Systems (Madrid)
Me llamaron para hacer una entrevista y tras hacerla la chica no me volvió a decir nada más. El proceso no fue claro desde la fase de contacto hasta el final.
- Describe tu posición de trabajo actualmente

Anonymous Interview Candidate in Phoenix, AZ
I interviewed at Mercury Systems (Phoenix, AZ)
Easy and fast. Applied for the position, they got in contact with me the same day I put in my application. And was able to schedule an interview the next day.
- What are you most proud of from your previous job?

Anonymous Interview Candidate in Hudson, NH
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Mercury Systems (Hudson, NH) in Mar 2023
I had a phone screener with human resources and the hiring manager, then I had an in person with hiring manager and 3 engineers. I took a tour of the facilities and saw some of the product they are currently building.
- Do you have experience with lean manufacturing?

Anonymous Interview Candidate in Princeton, NJ
I applied online. I interviewed at Mercury Systems (Princeton, NJ) in Mar 2023
There are there times of interview before entering the training process. First is an online assessment about Java, algorithm and SQL. The second interview a tech screening, you might be asked about Java, or JS based on anything you mentioned. The final interview is about bq and your resume, of course, your verbal communication skills.
- Some of the questions include: How does garbage collection work? Given a tree, write a function to obtain the longest path from its root to a leaf node. Write a function to return a string without replicate characters in the original order. What are IN, ON and WHERE in SQL, etc.

Anonymous Interview Candidate
I applied online. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Mercury Systems in Feb 2023
Applied online and received an email from a recruiter a month or two later asking for interview availability. Responded within the same day, but the recruiter failed to check their email, and emailed me a week later asking if I had received their email about requesting an interview time. Responded same day and scheduled an interview for a few days after. Recruiter explained the role and asked a few questions regarding experience, then went over the next steps if the department manager was interested in moving forward. The recruiter gave me his word he would keep me in the loop (if or if not my application was to move forward) within 2 business days, but never heard back from said point of contact.
- experience with embedded programming experience with OOP languages openness to on-site work while getting up to speed with role, then shifting to hybrid previous experience
Mercury Systems Interviews FAQs
Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Mercury Systems as 73.8% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.71 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Office Manager and Quality Engineer rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Buyer and Intern roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at Mercury Systems takes an average of 24.06 days when considering 103 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Senior Program Manager had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Human Resources Business Partner roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 90 days).
Common stages of the interview process at Mercury Systems according to 103 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone Interview: 27.60%
One on One Interview: 24.00%
Presentation: 12.80%
Drug Test: 11.60%
Group Panel Interview: 11.60%
IQ Intelligence Test: 4.00%
Skills Test: 3.60%
Background Check: 3.20%
Other: 1.60%
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