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      Engineering Summer Interview

      15 Nov 2017
      Anonymous employee
      Gloucester, England

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      Engineering Summer Interview

      4 Feb 2020
      Anonymous employee
      Accepted offer
      Neutral experience
      Difficult interview
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at BAE Systems (Gloucester, England) in Jan 2017

      Interview

      Online application with sections to answer questions about motivation and experience and a CV and cover letter submission. Telephone interview checking basic knowledge of claimed competencies and to ascertain where in the business I would be most suited. Two hour face to face interview at the site in Gloucester with two interviewers and one interviewee. I delivered a twenty minute presentation followed by questions. Then some technical questions and questions about my CV. Then a technical scenario designing a mobile phone cell network.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Technical questions about bandwidth and how this affects data transmission, thinking about time and frequency domains and transforming between them.
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      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at BAE Systems

      Interview

      I applied online and had to do tests on English, maths and situational skills. Recieved an email saying I had passed these and was invited to complete a video interview.

      Interview questions [6]

      Question 1

      What daily activities do you enjoy doing?
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      Question 2

      Do you prefer variety and change or familiarity and routine?
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      Question 3

      Do you find it easy to stay positive when you encounter setbacks?
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      Question 4

      Would your family friends say you work hard to achieve good results?
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      Question 5

      Do you strive to learn new things and apply what you have learnt?
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      Question 6

      How would you challenge someone's opinion?
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      Summer Engineering Interview

      13 Apr 2018
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Basingstoke, England
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at BAE Systems (Basingstoke, England) in Dec 2017

      Interview

      Had numerical and personality tests online before the interview day. Strength-based interview, would ask weird questions like 'what would you do if a team mate lies to you'. Everything was marked according to some criteria.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Two technical questions about designing parts, about an hour of personality questions.
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