I applied through university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Northrop Grumman (Los Angeles, CA) in Oct 2016
Interview
Met recruiter at on-campus career fair. They sent me an email and invited me to an info session with dinner provided. Interviewed the next day with a recruiter. Went pretty smoothly in general.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What specific machine learning algorithms have you used in past projects. They asked about Bayes, neuro nets, and support vector machines.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Northrop Grumman (Redondo Beach, CA) in Jan 2017
Interview
I was e-mailed after submitting my resume to their recruiting service about an opportunity to visit the company site and participate in several activities geared towards attracting people with interest in machine learning. During the day I was interviewed in rounds by 3 different people about my background and technical experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Some questions about optimization techniques, e.g. convergence of gradient descent/Newton's method, how would you find a global optimum with an iterative technique.