I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (Laurel, MD) in Nov 2015
Interview
I submitted my resume through an ex-colleague at my college career fair. A few weeks later I was contacted to set up an hour-long phone interview. The phone interview was with four people from the group I would work with. It was very technically focused, no behavioral questions. A few days later HR contacted me to set up an on-site interview. The on-site interview began by me giving an hour-long presentation on my PhD research, and then I had two two-hour interviews with separate groups. Both of those interviews began with the group leader giving me an overview of the group, and the majority of the remaining time consisted of multiple ~15-20 minute technical chats with one or two engineers at a time, along with some lab tours. No difficult questions, just technical discussions and looking for mutual interest. The day ended by meeting with HR, they asked which group I preferred and discussed benefit packages, etc. They didn't ask for a salary. I was contacted by HR a few days after the interview to complete a quick background check, and received an offer a few days after that.
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Question 1
Where do you see yourself in 5-10 years? What do you *not* want to do with your career?
I interviewed at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
Interview
Morning began with a quick summary of APL structure. Followed by a one-hour-long PhD research presentation. Three one-hour-long panel interview sessions. Panel interviews are a combination of technical and behavioral.
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Question 1
They asked me technical questions about my research presentation.
I applied through other source. I interviewed at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (Laurel, MD)
Interview
Very straightforward questions that were more behavioral than technical. I think it was very fair and they allowed me to take time to answer things thoughtfully and carefully. Prepare well and it will be very easy.
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Question 1
Explain "X" concept to me as if I were a high schooler?
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (Laurel, MD) in Sep 2022
Interview
It was really smooth. First I had a zoom interview with recruiter who strictly went over benefits and policies. After that I gave them green light to proceed ahead with in person interview that was 4 hours long. I would meet with different individual for 30-40 minutes and depending on their expertise, they would ask technical question such as how would you solve this problem or behavioral questions, or in general they would look for whether i can contribute in a conversation about some topic that they are working on
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Question 1
If you had two different group lead ask you to do something for them ASAP, what would you do?