I applied in-person. I interviewed at GE Aerospace (Lynn, MA) in Jul 2014
Interview
Interview went very well. I had a chance to meet a lot of the different business leaders etc. They seemed so very happy about the way the interview went, they had me come back for a full-day shadowing of different employees. At this point people are telling me that I have the job and that they will be very excited to be working with me, and they will get in touch with me ASAP to start the hiring process Four weeks later....FOUR WEEKS LATER someone finally returns my phone call to notify me that the job opening has been canceled. Do not trust a word these people say. They are too worried about the Union firing each and every one of them rather than hiring new people to train.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What was the most stressful situation you've been in?
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 6 months. I interviewed at GE Aerospace
Interview
Great. Very methodical and useful. Spend a lot of time with a lot of managers, essentially a peer interview. If you are a real person, this will show. If you are pretending to be someone else, this is not your interview. As is any interview, do stalker level research on the company you want to work for. You need to know more details about their business than they do. Know where the business is heading, where, and why you think so. Don't be complacent, no matter where the interview goes, lunch, to the shop, to outside, you are always being interviewed. No matter what- if you don't get selected, or feel that you are not what they are looking for, stay professional, courteous, and honest. You don't know what the chemistry they are looking for. Stay in the moment.
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Question 1
Not a specific difficult question- Just an 8 hour interview. Just be yourself, don't lie, and be committed.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at GE Aerospace (Austin, TX) in Jun 2014
Interview
Applied through university job board, got a mini-phone screen, then invited to their office for a more in-depth panel interview, mostly technical but some standard behavioral. Mostly questions regarding relevant experience. Was then shown a series of questions involving flight dynamics, data (think bits), programming, and trigonometry. You're expected to solve the problem on a whiteboard in front of a panel. They wanted to see mostly your thinking process, but intro engineering and computer science classes should cover the material. Then they take you out for lunch. The interview lasted for a total of 4 hours. Heard no updates from them until 3 months later despite the interview going mostly well and periodically asking for updates. Very unprofessional. There was also a very small company, start-up, software vibe I got from them (used to be Austin Digital Inc); don't expect a professional, engineering culture.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Convert this base-10 number to hexadecimal format. Not difficult, but I struggled with it a bit considering my limited programming background.