I applied through a recruiter. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Gensler (Oakland, CA) in Jun 2025
Interview
Had a prescreen interview with a Gensler recruiter to confirm my basic information, location interest, discipline areas from past work experience and portfolio. This led to an initial in-person interview with the studio director and technical director where I went over past projects and my current passions within the field. At first, the interview question seemed very deliberate but then I caught on that they were attempting to have me solve their current design issues on a few of their current projects without the intent to hire. Once they were finish drilling answers out of me, the studio director only left me five minutes to ask any question pertaining to the job. I left the conversation feeling used and more uncertain about how I would perform as a technical designer. I followed up the interview with a thank you and follow-up questions but both directors and the recruiter basically ghosted me after the interaction with no feedback or even letting me know if I got the position or not.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
What was your involvement on x-project? What issues did you encounter and how did you solve it?
The interview with HR is friendly. They gave a lot of information about the office. It is a bit slow to get an interview scheduled with them since they have a lot of candidates.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked me what’s my goal if I ever worked at the company. Then, they asked if I have any idea what office I want to work for.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Gensler
Interview
It was great! First I was contacted by a regional hiring person then I had two rounds of interviews before receiving my offer! The process was a bit slow, but nothing unexpected from such a large firm!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked me to talk through my portfolio and then asked me to talk about what I worked on at my previous job
I applied online. I interviewed at Gensler in Oct 2025
Interview
2 interviews, one with HR and the other with Design Directors. I applied through the portal and received an email from HR saying they’d like to move forward. One person from HR was my primary contact throughout the process.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Tell me about yourself/walk us through your resume.
