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 4 weeks. I interviewed at NASA (Houston, TX) in Jan 2011
Interview
The initial phone interview for the Co-Op was very laid back. However, this was only the preliminary interview. At this interview I was informed that if the preliminary interview is passed another technical phone interview would take place. Still int he process of finishing this though.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A difficult decision that you've had to make and what the outcome of that decision was?
The process took 1 day. I interviewed at NASA (Mountain View, CA) in Dec 2008
Interview
A phone interview with some basic question about experience and future plans. On the next day onsite interview with 4 peoples asking some technical questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
You have a rectangular shape pie with some rectangular piece taken out. How would you cut it on two equivalent pieces by making a single knife cut?
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at NASA (Mountain View, CA) in Apr 2009
Interview
Phone questions - behavioral questions such as what do you like to do, how do you achieve a work and life balance, why NASA Ames? What makes you stand out from other environmental scientists? What do you see yourself doing in the next 10 years?
What is the purpose of being environmental? What would you do if there was a lot of pollution and nobody would clean it up?
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Question 1
Let's say you are a scientist and you want to learn more, but afraid to ask. How would you approach this?