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I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Rolls-Royce (Indianapolis, IN) in Sep 2012
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I had a fairly quick process, which might not e the normal timeframe. I applied to the graduate program about a week-two weeks before they held an assessment center. I had a phone interview, them less than a week later attended the assessment center. There you have several interviews - consisting of behavioral and business case questions. They did not provide the business case before hand to prepare. It was presented in the interview. We also completed two online aptitude/reasoning tests.
They started recruiting in my university campus for the first time after I began working there.
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Question 1
Explain a time where you had to go again the majority/consensus.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Rolls-Royce (Derby, Inglaterra) in Jan 2014
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1. Submitted resume and cover letter online 2. Received an invitation to an online test 3. Received invitation to an assessment center (consisting in: math test similar to the online one, group activities and individual interviews with two different R-R managers)
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Rolls-Royce (Derby, Inglaterra)
Interview
After successfully gong through the online screening process, Rolls-Royce Plc invited me to go to Derby for the interview stage. It was a day-long and started early on in the morning, so Rolls-Royce offered to pay for my stay overnight. I had to prepare a short presentation about myself, briefly explaining projects I had been involved in and any positions of leadership. Once I was finished, I was asked questions to test my knowledge of Rolls-Royce. Next came the technical interview section which lasted about 1 hour and included questions regarding aerodynamics, structures, materials, propulsion and thermodynamics.
After this, the group of applicants which showed up were divided into two teams of 5 and given 50 mins to come up with a solution to a problem.
To conclude, we were given a mathematics aptitude test.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain how a jet engine works as if I were someone who knew nothing about engineering.