I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at National Instruments in Feb 2011
Interview
A 1 on 1 interview with an NI engineer lasting approx. 45 min. The interviewer was outgoing. The first part of the interview consisted of normal behavioral questions "Tell me about a time when..." very easy no right or wrong answer. However, they did ask a lot of follow up questions on your answers. Second part of the interview was technical. They made it clear that they are not looking for the exact answer but more you train of thought.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time when you had to convince a group to adopt your idea.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at National Instruments (Austin, TX) in Mar 2010
Interview
Phone interview consisted of some behavioral questions as well as some technical questions that were performed via online whiteboard. The technical questions were very generic - if you have a general knowledge of Computer Science/Engineering it should not be too tough. One was about binary ADC and one was a software question to write some pseudocode to describe how to perform a search algorithm. The personal interviews consisted of 5 - behavioral + some general questions about background + a technical interview. There was also a technical presentation, 10 minutes, which was also pretty simple, to judge more on how well you present.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Name a time when you had to comprimise your integrity to do what was right.