I applied through college or university. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at SmithGroup (Washington, DC)
Interview
SmithGroupJJR selected a number of different candidates at our university. They seemed to choose people with heavy Revit and construction document experience. I only had one interview with them; I was not selected for a second interview. The interviewer was very engaging, friendly, and talkative. The interview was very much a conversation. He responded to my later questions through email and generously followed up with me in a couple months.
The process was fast but was an average overall experience. The entire scheduling and interviewing process does not take more than two weeks. They are quick to respond to questions too.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at SmithGroup (Madison, WI) in Feb 2019
Interview
The process was very simple and pleasant. It was a video conference style interview where I was sent a link from HR. I interviewed with two architects for 30 min who were very nice! The questions were not difficult (no trick questions) and it seemed like they genuinely wanted to get to know about you and your design process. Then, I heard back about two weeks later and did not get an offer due to not having the capacity to hire another intern. Then, about a month later they reached out to me and offered me an interior design internship for the summer!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How did you come up with the concept to you design? (we went over 1 of my projects)
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at SmithGroup (Los Angeles, CA) in Apr 2018
Interview
The interview was pretty chill, two principles listened to me introduced my portfolio, asked me questions and gave me some advice. They also asked me what I did in the previous internship.
