There were 2 behavioral questions and 1 technical question... the behavioral questions were standard: "talk about a time when you took initiative" and "talk about a time when you had to do some intense debugging." For the technical question, the interviewer was very concerned with my knowledge of low level programming details which was a little unexpected from what I've mostly heard... overall though it was a pretty average experience which I learned quite a bit from
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at National Instruments (Newbury, England) in Jan 2015
Interview
Assessment day consisting of technical and personal interviews, a technical presentation, and group tasks - They often take you out for a meal in the evening too!
They give you lots of opportunity to ask whatever questions you have - a tour around the facilities to meet current grads on the program and see their table tennis table.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Personal - Typical interview questions about your past experiences,university and skills, targeted towards their competencies. 'Give an example when...'
Technical - More of a discussion/problem solving task about 2 technical scenarios over 40 mins. Coming from electronics, was about encoders and some image processing/edge detection techniques.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 6 days. I interviewed at National Instruments (Gainesville, FL) in Feb 2015
Interview
Met at career development workshop, was called later that week for an interview. The interview was held in the O'Connell center with many other companies around, two recruiters conducted the interview. I was asked some questions about my resume as well as how I squashed a particularly difficult bug.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Create a structure for a deck of cards. Given a deck of cards, create a function that shuffles the cards.