I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Boeing
Interview
Met at the career fair, quick to meet with their manager who was present. Was interviewed basic interview questions about my skills and goals on the spot, then called later that day to schedule an interview 2 days later. The interview was with two people, one of which was the manager, and dealt a lot more with my experience in handling specific situations and dealing with people, as well as the way I improve and control myself. Called later that day to be scheduled for another interview the next day. The last interview was me and 4 other potential employees, we were given a problem we had to solve as a team. Got an email telling me that I qualify for a full time position the next day.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How to control multiprocesses, how to deal with multithreading, database design questions
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Boeing (Seattle, WA)
Interview
Submitted my resume online and got a call from the hiring manager himself a couple of days later. Just wanted to schedule time for an onsite. The onsite interview was a 1 hour long 4:1 with 4 managers and directors of different levels. It was extremely structured in the question being asked. The hiring manager was actually reading the questions from a document, which I have not seen anybody doing in 15 years for quantitative roles. All the questions were of the "tell me about a time when you had to do this and that". Most, but not all, were quantitative in nature. But also got a couple along the lines of "tell me about a time when you had to reconcile differences with a colleague". No white-boarding at all, which is also usually odd for data scientist positions.
I left happy with how the interview went. I usually excel in this type of interviews.
What happened next was kind of puzzling. I got a HR person contacting me, telling me that my online application did not match what I had on my resume. So I went in, updated the online application and waited. But nobody ever contacted me again. That's kind of unusual because when you end up going onsite, a recruiter always follows up with some closure (either an offer or no offer).
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Boeing
Interview
Spoke with a mechanical engineer at an information session at a conference and was able to line up an interview for the following day. The interview was very basic with 3 behavior questions, typical STAR format. I was then issued a letter of intent the following day. It all happened very quickly and was actually quite surprised at the speed of the offer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time when you worked with someone that was culturally diverse.