Boeing Interview Questions & Reviews

Interview Details Structured interview panel with per packaged questions. Expect 3 or 4 people to take turns asking you questions and then evaluating your response privately with a score.

Interview Details applied online through BESS system, process has thus been very quick, phone interview 1-2 weeks later and then a formal interview

Interview Details Had a structured phone interview with Boeing at their Seal Beach office for a Strategy and Development Intern position under the Engineering, Operations, and Technology division. The interview consisted of about 5 questions and lasted a total of 30 minutes. None of the questions were technical and were all behavioral.

Interview Details Called in for an interview. Interviewed by HR and 3 managers. Structured interview behavioral as well as a few technical questions. STAR format

Interview Details 2 interviews, 1 phone and 1 in person. Ask several behavioral questions, salary is non-negotiable.

Negotiation Details – Non-negotiable other than the start date

Interview Details After completing the STAR system, I received a phone interview with the manager and 4 other functional managers. Very casual, lasted about 30 minutes. Asked typical HR interview questions. Waiting a week to initially hear that they decided to continue with another candidate. Surprisingly, three months later received a phone call asking if I was still interested in the position.

Interview Details I was contacted by one of their preferred vendors and given a copy of the SOW to review. The SOW looked moderately interesting as I've built a few solutions on par with it. After the interview, however, I determined the project actually comprised building a services layer between a legacy system and a commercial product ( even less challenging than I imagined ).

The interview was the least interesting, and least challenging interview I've ever participated in as a professional. My follow up questions to their infrastructure and methodologies were handled with "Oh yes, we intend to do that" and "We decided to go with this [obsolete practice], so we're going to go by this [obsolete practice]".

Interview Details Just some hints I wish I knew when I first started applying:

- Boeing does NOT have any way of getting around the online application process. You apply online. I have family and friends who work there. I met some of the management at a picnic. All said the same thing, there is no longer a "Good old boys" type networking. You have to apply for the jobs online.

- One caveat, if you go t a career fair at your university or one open to those in your community, you may be able to get a special requisition number for unadvertised jobs if you qualify. This is still all strictly by the books hiring and HR approved. You can't ask your friends for secret req's.

- Apply to as many jobs as you qualify for. Unlike some other companies that may consider you for relevant positions and unlike some other companies that will even disqualify you for applying too much, Boeing encourages applicants to apply to as many jobs as you qualify for. You are only considered for those you apply for. That said, it's a numbers game and some applications take many months to respond. Do not get discouraged. As long as you qualify for them, 50 applications is not unheard of before receiving a response.

- Be completely honest on your background check. They are sticklers for honesty. If anything does not match up--a firing, a missing job, missing education, some criminal record--even if you think it is long ago and forgotten, list it. Disclosure is encouraged, and if anything pops up that you left out, you may not be able to apply again for a set period of time in the years.

-The program you are interviewing for is the program you will be working on. If you are interviewing for the 777, study that program so you can ask some relevant questions. The people you are interviewing with will likely be from your potential team, so don't bother mentioning something about the 747 at a 777 interview. While it's "One Boeing" and you may jump around programs later in your career, you want to stay focused on why you are excited to work on that one program. Be psyched, there are some great programs out there!!

Interview Details The questions asked were mainly behavioral questions and expected me to answer in the STAR format. It was a structured interview. For example, they asked me to describe the most challenging project I worked on, what did I do and what was the results.