I applied online. I interviewed at Cenaero in Oct 2025
Interview
Overall the hiring process was very unprofessional.
I applied a researcher position last September, got a first round technical interview in Ocotober and was rejected then. However, this position was posted again in January and I decided to apply again as I was still interested in it. The direct manager replied with interest in my profile and set up a meeting with the team for a in-depth technical interview in March, and followed by an HR interview in early April. All went well and I was informed transparently that I was the only candidate they interviewed and they would like to speed up the hiring process. A non-technical interview was set with the general manager a week later. Three weeks after this, I received a rejection letter stating that they reviewed various candidates they interviewed and decide not to proceed with my application. The reason is that they found me a little weak interms of simulation tools.
It is a waste of time and would have better to reject me before the HR and general manager interviews, if the reason was on the technical side. The hiring process lacks of transparency to me, different from what they claimed.
I applied online. I interviewed at Cenaero (Charleroi, Hainaut) in Sep 2024
Interview
It was smooth and pretty much the work was a natural extension of what I had previously did. The questions were all technical and they do read through everything and were very curious about my intention of switching to industry.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The expertise with C++ was necessary as much of what they do needed good programming skills.
Stage de 3 mois donc entretien plutôt minimaliste, une vingtaine de minute au téléphone, puis un retour de l'entretien par mail.
Pas très représentatif du processus pour un poste d'embauche ou de pré-embauche
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
vérification des connaissances concernant les problématiques d'optimisation