NSF interview questions
Updated Apr 24, 2026Difficulty
Average
Experience
Mostly positive
How others got an interview
- 6%OtherOther
- 6%Staffing AgencyStaffing Agency
- 3%RecruiterRecruiter
- 3%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 3%In PersonIn Person
Interview search
45 interviews
NSF interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at NSF as 69.2% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.82 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Internship and Facilities Officer rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Writer and GK-12 Fellow roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at NSF takes an average of 71 days when considering 42 user submitted interviews across all job titles. To compare, the average duration of hiring at similar companies like BlackRock, Inc. is 14 days, Fabricated Software, Inc. is 2 days, and Apple Inc. is 21 days. Candidates applying for GK-12 Fellow had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Biologist roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 200 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at NSF according to 42 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 35%
Phone interview: 25%
One on one interview: 13%
Skills test: 9%
Background check: 6%
Presentation: 4%
Personality test: 3%
Other: 3%
Drug test: 1%
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