I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Boeing (Fairfax, VA) in Nov 2013
Interview
I got an initial on-campus interview in late September 2013. This interview was a behavioral interview, and it was 3 on 1. It was the typical Boeing structured interview. I did not get a letter of intent from this interview. However, they kept my resume in the system, and I was contacted about 3 weeks later by another Boeing recruiter. I set up phone interviews with 2 different hiring managers for Argon ST, a Boeing subsidiary in Fairfax, VA. These interviews were structured interviews as well.
About 3 weeks after these phone interviews, I was invited to go on-site in Fairfax for a group interview and office tour. The first hour of this process was in a meeting room with 5 or 6 managers and engineers. It was very informal, with them describing what they worked on, asking me 2 coding questions, and then giving me the chance to ask questions. After that, I got an office tour for about a half hour. I really liked their office - it seemed most people had individual or 2-person offices, but there was also an agile room. In addition, the work hours offered were flexible, and the company would pay for grad school.
I ended up getting an offer the next week, and it was a very competitive offer with great benefits. I had another job offer I preferred, but if I decide to move back to the DC area, I would definitely try and apply again to Boeing.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Write code to parse a string and count the number of occurrences of each word.
I applied online. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Boeing (Philadelphia, PA) in Oct 2009
Interview
Behavioral-Based Interview over the phone. Asked when i had situations where i had to overcome an obstacle or had a situation where i had to deal with a diverse group. Basically I just had a few accomplishments from my college career that i thought of before the interview and adjusted them (read as: made stuff up) so they fit the question asked. If a person in your group suddenly becomes an exchange student from India, I don't see the harm in that.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Most questions were relatively easy if you prepared. The hardest ones were just obscure situations, and not trying to sound racist when they ask the racially diverse group questions.
The hiring process is long and drawn out. You submit your résumé which then gets filtered. If yours makes it through the filter it goes to the hiring manager who then down selects and does an informal screening. It depends on the job position and manager but for most they are very informal and just helps them get a first pass to see if they even want to talk to you. Then they down select again for the formal interview. This is in person with a panel of people. I think 3 is minimum. They will ask a series of probably 4-7 questions that are situational so "when was a time when you experienced...?". Those require you to give a scenario and explain the process you went though but you won't be asked specific technical questions such as working a problem. At this point the manager either makes their final decision or could bring people in for one last round (mostly for dev positions). HR is slow and so it can take a while after the manager decides they want you to the time you get the offer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell us about a time when you had to analyze data to come to a conclusion. What was the situation what actions did you take and what was the outcome?