Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at NASA as 66.7% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Tecnico and Asistente De Producto rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Tecnico and Asistente De Producto roles were rated as the easiest.
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I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at NASA (Santa Clara, CA) in Jun 2019
Interview
Phone screening.
I told the interviewer that I've quit my job a few months ago. He responded "Do you consider yourself jobless?" This is a very odd question, which means that he is judgemental and very conservative in a bad way, and believes that everybody strives to be continuously employed at all times, which is simply not true.
The interviewer asked odd questions. Can I wait for 2-3 months for the "public trust" background check?
Then he said that all NASA jobs that he has pay <130,000/yr, so my expectation of 150,000+ can't possibly be met.
The inter view was performed by a company called "Bay Systems" that said that they represent NASA. The interviewer was located in NYC.
I don't know how can they ever hire anybody good in NASA with this attitude.
My opinion about NASA has dropped after I applied for a job. Now I understand why they are failing in the last few decades, and are outsourcing more and more to private companies. NASA has no idea how to hire.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Since you've quit your previous job, do you consider yourself jobless?
Applied online on the NASA Force website. I was emailed a month later about an interview There was 1 phone interview. They notified me a week later that I got it.
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at NASA in Apr 2018
Interview
15 minute phone interview was easy, as they just wanted to make sure you were still interested and if you were not local, would you be willing to move for the summer.