I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Leidos (Chesapeake, VA) in Mar 2019
Interview
Very short notice for the interview and extremely open ended question. Hiring manager offered phone number when the interview was over and told me to me “don’t hesitate to call me if you have any questions or if you want to clarify some of your answers”. I called the managers number about 3 times the following week and never got a response. The interview felt like a grilling session yet neither of the managers had any experience in the field I was being interviewed in. Regrettable experience overall.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me some specific recommendations you made for this project.
I applied online. I interviewed at Leidos in Jun 2019
Interview
Phone screening which was a week after applying then in person with team week later post phone screening to meet the team and see if I would be a good fit
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Leidos (Glasgow, Escocia) in Jan 2018
Interview
By far the worst interview I've ever had in any company.
The interview was conducted by three individuals.
One individual was extremely rude and confrontational from the start; didn't shake my hand on introduction. He spent the whole interview making smirks and criticising any achievement that I spoke about; scoffed a couple of times. He never attempted to build rapport. This was the most senior individual at the interview and it says a lot about his failure to recognise he was a representative of the company.
Second individual feed off this and enjoyed the interaction that unfolded; when he asked technical questions he didn't seem to be interested in the reply. For example; on presenting a technical idea on the whiteboard this individual browsed his phone; glad to have the skive.
The remaining individual was more engaged and we got on great. I enjoyed his company.
From the interview I'd say the organisation uses competition between it's employees as a mechanism to get the most out of them. This was evident in the confrontational approach of the interview; it wasn't an interview, it was 'I am better than you'. This was further evident when they described the 'wars' between employees as the best part of their culture.
This was the only interview where I gave feedback to their HR department.
Based on this introduction to the company I would not work there even if they paid me.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given an scenario about how planes use transponders to navigate the world please design an entity relationship model.