Northrop Grumman interview questions

Met different employees at various on-campus events. They were all engaging and helpful in helping me determine what area and positions I would be a good match for. After a career fair, got a call for an interview. Ended up interviewing with someone I had met previously at on-campus events. The time set aside for the interview was ~45 minutes and the atmosphere was friendly. The interviewer asked one or two technical questions and a few behavioral questions (describe a time you had a disagreement among your team and how it turned out, etc.). I definitely over-thought the technical question, but otherwise it seemed to go fine. At they end the interviewer informed me that there would be another round of interviews for chosen candidates. I did not hear back from them after the interview. Followed up ~1 month later and still did not hear back from them.

Too many “chefs stirring the pot” during the recruitment process. One person makes initial contact, another sets up the interview, and a third informs you of the disposition (that is, if you get informed at all). It prevents the candidate from developing even the slightest of rapports with a recruiter. This shouldn’t be the case – especially since the recruitment is done in-house. I knew we were off to a bad start when the previous interviewee was parting ways with the hiring manager as I was being escorted in by one of her subordinates. That showed a lack of professionalism. Once we got started, she seemed unprepared and what was really shocking was her ignorance of and total lack of context for the current state of the industry – really surprising since it looks like she’s about a 10-year veteran of the company so that shouldn’t be an excuse. I came away with the impression that while this interviewer may be book smart, she was completely lacking in emotional intelligence. Case in point: one should not be referring to a tenured employee and subordinate as a “girl who works for me”. Seriously?!? Astounding that an individual so lacking in refinement and polish could be representing Northrop Grumman at any managerial level. I’ve had other interviews at NG that have gone well – this was just not one of them.