It was a panel interview with the team, then one with the manager. All occurred on the same day. At the end of the day, I received a phone call with an offer
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Most of the questions were related to MBS experience and knowledge of securities processing
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Fannie Mae (Herndon, VA) in Mar 2011
Interview
Applied online, received a call about a week later from a recruiter asking if I can come in the following week. I went in and interviewed with the 2 hiring managers for about 30 mins. About 4 days later got a call back from recruiter saying the feedback was excellent, but they wanted me to also speak with the Director of the department for 30 mins over the phone. The following Monday morning I spoke with the Director and again received great feedback and an offer that afternoon. I accepted the offer and received the actual offer letter the following week. From the first interview to the offer letter was about 2 weeks.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Fannie Mae has been going through a lot of turmoil recently, why are you interested in joining at this time?
I applied online. I interviewed at Fannie Mae (Washington, DC) in Aug 2013
Interview
The interview was about two weeks after the initial phone interview. The typical interview questions were asked and the interviewers made the process comfortable and fast. I interviewed with three different people and each was about 30 minutes long.