National Instruments interview questions
Updated Apr 27, 2026Difficulty
Average
Experience
Very positive
How others got an interview
- 25%Applied onlineApplied online
- 7%RecruiterRecruiter
- 5%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 3%In PersonIn Person
- 2%OtherOther
- 2%Staffing AgencyStaffing Agency
Interview search
966 interviews
National Instruments interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at National Instruments as 72.6% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for RF Engineer and Programmer Analyst II rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Administrative Specialist and Collections Officer roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at National Instruments takes an average of 19 days when considering 781 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 Community Relations had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Technical Sales and Marketing Leadership Program roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 330 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at National Instruments according to 781 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 27%
Skills test: 15%
Phone interview: 13%
Group panel interview: 12%
Presentation: 11%
Personality test: 7%
Background check: 5%
Drug test: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
Other: 1%
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