Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. La procedura ha richiesto 2 mesi. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (Laurel, MD) nel mese di ago 2015
Colloquio
The whole process took a while from first contact to interview. I met with a series of people 1:1 from a department. I did not get the sense anyone fully knew why they were interviewing me. I had people pitching different things to me and walked away not really sure what the department fully did or what skillset they wanted to augment their team.
Also went in believing I made more than they pay. I told HR that I was not looking to leave for salary so it was all negotiable. I am not sure if that is part of why it was a pass but maybe they all figured out they were not sure what they wanted as well or maybe they were not ready to really add to their team. HR is not very responsive even during the process of date selection for the interview.
Domande di colloquio [1]
Domanda 1
They just talked through what I have done and why. Experiences with Agile, etc. Or my experience with a certain technology stack.
Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
Colloquio
Did an initial screening with member of team before moving on to a longer interview with three ~15min rounds with different team members. At end I gave a 15min presentation on a recent project.
Domande di colloquio [2]
Domanda 1
How would you recognize/address underfitting/over fitting in a model.
Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. La procedura ha richiesto 3 mesi. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (Laurel, MD) nel mese di gen 2024
Colloquio
online, did typical behavioral questions then asked specific questions about the projects and work listed on my resume. Then asked tech specific questions about react and JavaScript which i had experience in
Domande di colloquio [2]
Domanda 1
Big O of removing first linked list item
Big O of removing first array item
Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. La procedura ha richiesto 7 settimane. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (Laurel, MD)
Colloquio
The talent acquisition staff worked very quickly after my application to set up an interview. I did not interview for the position I originally applied for, but rather two other positions that were recommended to me. I had an enjoyable Zoom call with a recruiter the day before my on-site interview. This was very low-stress and mainly about going over benefits and talking about the campus.
I interviewed on-site and it was approximately a full day. I met with two teams with two interviews each (four interviews total, not including the informal lunch interview). Each interview lasted for about one hour and I met with two team members at a time. If applicable to the position, there may be a workshop or another room that they give you a tour of in between interviews.
The interviews were more of a conversation with the primary focus being your resume. They usually started off with a slideshow introduction for their group and what they do and then go into your resume with more technical questions. If you list a project, make sure you can talk all about it. If you list a programming language, make sure you can talk about it. If you list a class you took, make sure you can talk about it. Overall, I didn't feel very pressured for most of the interviews except for one of them. I was grilled by two interviewers about certain technologies and roles that are outside of my current work duties. I got the sense that the one interviewer was a bit frustrated because they eventually started asking CS 101 questions like "what is a global variable?".
After the interview day, the recruiter becomes your sole point of contact. We exchanged emails about once per week at that point. I had to wait for awhile because there were other candidates interviewing. After over 3 weeks from the interview, I got a call from the recruiter that neither group wanted to extend an offer due to my lack of experience with the necessary technologies. This was frustrating because those specific positions were recommended to me at the beginning of the process. Overall, I still enjoyed my time at the campus and speaking with everyone. It seems like a great place to work and I would have accepted an offer had I received one.
Domande di colloquio [1]
Domanda 1
What is polymorphism?
Describe a technical challenge you faced with ____ project.