LSS Data Systems interview questions

HR contacted me within a week of submitting my letter of interest and asked me to fill out a more thorough application. After a day or two, they invited me to come in for an on-site interview with a panel. The interview process began with a basic test/tutorial in their proprietary language that covered variable assignment, string manipulation, and array iteration. This lasted for an hour, at which point HR gave me a one-on-one interview. The interview was very basic; it went over the items on my resume and some details about myself. At the end I had the opportunity to ask about the company. This interview was then followed by a more extensive interview with the a couple managers from two of their departments. The interview with the managers seemed to be geared more towards personality and compatibility with the company. All in all the process took about 3 hours.

I was first contacted by LSS for what seemed like a very short phone screening. After that was finished, I received an email asking for my unofficial transcripts. There was also an attachment for a fairly short questionnaire. After sending those back, I was contacted for an interview a few days later. The interview consisted of meeting with two people from the department I would be working for. It was a lengthy process 80 minutes or so. Some of the questions were surprising or difficult, but the majority of them were fairly standard. They also spent a lot of time talking about the position and how I might fit with that kind of work, etc. etc. I was then surprised by a short (45 minutes) "technical writing test". I had never done anything like it but it seemed straightforward enough and it apparently went okay because I was invited back for one more interview after about a week with the head of the department and a supervisor. Once again, a lot of questions but also a lot of answers from them about where the company was going to ascertain whether or not I honestly thought I would be a good fit. Overall I would say the interview process was kind of lengthy but everybody that I met with was so nice and helpful and seemed honest about the pros and cons of the job in order to find a truly good fit.