I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Leidos in Mar 2018
Interview
First a phone screen was done, and then an 8-hour interview. They were talkative all the way throughout the interview but suddenly never got in touch with me after the interview even after indicating that they might hire me. it was a bit too difficult, considering the interview had so many stages. Similar to other large tech. company interviews. Not satisfied with the lack of communication afterwards.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Leidos (Framingham, MA) in Apr 2018
Interview
I applied to this company through a contractor. I applied at the end of the day, got a call the next day and within another day or two the interview was set up. When I arrived I spoke to several different people. The first one mostly asked if I understood what kind of work I'd be doing at the job and explained the work it entailed. The second asked some technical questions but nothing seriously in-depth. I think it was mostly to see how a potential employee would work under pressure, considering the position is entry level. The third person explained some more about what the job responsibilities are and after that I spoke with several other employees there and got to shadow them for a few minutes each, which was very interesting.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
What information would you need if you needed to build one mile of overhead transmission or distribution lines?
I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Leidos (Schenectady, NY) in Apr 2018
Interview
The interview process was actually really enjoyable for the most part. I applied online through the Leidos Careers website. It took about a month until I heard from a recruiter wanting to set up a phone interview. I interviewed with a few people including the program manager, project manager, and multimedia lead. The interview lasted about an hour.
After a couple of weeks, the recruiter contacted me again and let me know they wanted to do an in person interview. I flew to upstate New York for the interview. It lasted 30 minutes and was with essentially the same people.
All in all, it was a great experience and there was only one problem I had. I applied to the position that was located in South Carolina. There were 2 other positions open on Pennsylvania and New York. I was told that South Carolina was completely fine at the start. After the phone interview, I was told that South Carolina wasn’t a dealbreaker, but that they would really want me in either NY or PA. On the way to the in person interview, while I was in the Chicago airport, I was told that they ultimately wanted me in PA and that was the deal.
At the end of the day, I think the work would have been pretty close to my experience and I would have enjoyed it, but I received an offer from another company in a location that worked better for my family. So I took that one.