Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Interview Questions

The interview process was overall a pleasant experience. They asked me to talk about my portfolio, my design process, and any previous experience I had. The conversation was friendly and showed interest in my work.

It was a Friendly conversation, very comfortable and easy going , they did introduce the company and the work environment. it first started with a breif introduction about your self getting to know more about you and your work through abportfolio preview as well

Reviewed experience, portfolio, project roles. Discussed responsibilities, working method, software experience. Discussed position within team and work expectations. Reviewed projects types within team / principles work. Salary range and work hours

Portfolio review, discussion of projects, experience, and role played in those projects. Information about the company, benefits, culture, projects. Range of project types, clients, etc. Questions regarding availability, salary. Introduction to directors, managers, employees.

After submitting writing samples, experience, and recommendations, I met with a department head who asked about my interest and experience as well as my qualifications. After the interview I was contacted shortly to submit additional samples.

Online interview, I spoke with 2 person, the studio director was late, they are both very friendly. The interview lasted 30 mins, they did not seems interested. It was more like a process they have to do.

In person in Chicago office, interviewed with junior level and senior level employees. Total interview time was around 1.5 hours, questions were generally focused on educational and professional background, career goals, work style, and motivation.

This was a 3 round virtual process which included speaking to many different members of team explaining my past projects. We delved into my portfolio and studio projects from schoolz

1. Firm won’t interview you until you have agreed with their full vaccine policy. 2. Once you go through the rounds of interviews, they then request to speak with your references. a. H R declined to have any discussion about the salary range for the position before checking references. 3. While I was more than willing to meet their vaccine policy (even putting aside personal medical concerns- they don’t offer exemptions), they weren’t flexible with allowing me time to finish meeting their vaccine requirement, i.e. couldn’t come into the office, couldn’t start remote. Would you still want to work at SOM? 4. Other firms I was interviewing with still had a vaccine policy but a. other firms had flexibility to complete the doses i.e., start remote i. and even exemption opportunities b. another firm interviewed me, valued my skillset, experience, liked how I presented myself and demonstrated this during the interview process, then sent me an offer. If we agreed, they then proceed with reference check---how it should be as it saves everyone time. 5. While I was initially excited about the opportunity and felt the design t e a m I spoke with were very pleasant, the SF H R coord. was completely inflexible. After respectfully requesting to have a conversation re: the above), H R coord. invited me to withdraw. So, I withdrew and moved forward with better opportunities where I could see myself being a valued, long-term collaborator.

Really awkward. Went through two interviews both of which followed the same script. I was asked "tell me about yourself," of which I did. There were no follow-up questions except whether I had any questions for them. It was hard to hold a conversation.