I applied online. I interviewed at Northrop Grumman
Interview
Overall the process was smooth. Upon applying on-line, got a call the next day from a recruiter to talk the basics: current compensation, availability, etc. The next day, a different HR person called to set up a phone interview, which was all confirmed by e-mail. Excellent process. Held phone interview with hiring team. Two days later my applicant status moved from interview to "interview pending feedback," where it has been now for more than a month. No further feedback from HR. I wish they would pay a little more attention to getting back to the applicant after the phone interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is the most difficult technical challenge you have faced in the course of your career?
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Northrop Grumman (Oklahoma City, OK) in Feb 2016
Interview
Casual and friendly. Not a skills demonstration as I had expected it to be. Sat down for about 40 minutes with the immediate team supervisor, and a higher-level manager. The manager said he didn't like skills demonstrations, and found that just getting to know someone worked better for him. They talked about what they did, what the job would likely entail, and asked about my background.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
In my previous job, WHO had asked me to build the systems I had put together? What kind of 'task form' had they used to task me? What documentation was in place to authorize me to innovate and be creative?
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Northrop Grumman (San Diego, CA) in Jun 2015
Interview
This interview was for Information Systems in San Diego for Systems Test group.
The process was very straightforward. I was called by the Hiring Manager about 2 months after I submitted my application. He asked a few general questions, then we scheduled an interview for the next week. The interview was a GROUP interview with Hiring manager + 3 senior engineers from the same group. Hiring manager asked the high level questions like "why are you making transition" etc. One of the senior engineers, however, gave me a paper quiz for LabVIEW code (this was a labVIEW developer position). The first quiz was on basics. Then he asked me to analyze some printed code. Finally, he asked me to find a bug in some code.
Overall, it was a good experience and the interview board was very nice. I was contacted a couple weeks later with an offer.
