Northern Illinois University interview questions
Updated May 1, 2026Difficulty
Easy
Experience
Very positive
How others got an interview
- 33%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
- 13%In PersonIn Person
- 12%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 4%OtherOther
- 1%RecruiterRecruiter
Interview search
95 interviews
Northern Illinois University interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Northern Illinois University as 84.9% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Associate and Policy Analyst rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Administrative Assistant and Visiting Assistant Professor roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at Northern Illinois University takes an average of 31 days when considering 91 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 Web Application Developer had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Faculty roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 180 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at Northern Illinois University according to 91 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 23%
Group panel interview: 15%
Skills test: 13%
Presentation: 12%
Background check: 11%
Drug test: 9%
Phone interview: 7%
Personality test: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Other: 2%
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- Instructor(7) ;
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