I applied through university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (Laurel, MD) in Sept 2011
Interview
Received interview offers from three different groups, working in three completely different technical disciplines. In the end, I was able to order my preference first, and then each group was asked in that order if they would give me an offer. I ended up getting my first choice, so I was pretty happy. It's a good system for interviewing because it encourages the candidate to choose according to his or her own interests.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Be careful what you put on your resume. I put down that I took a certain class and one of the groups asked me detailed questions about the theory, which I didn't know.
I interviewed at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
Interview
Very straightforward and simple behavioral questions, very few technical questions. No white board style coding asked. First, had recruiter phone screen, then recruiter interview to discuss job details and benefits, then the actual interview with the hiring team took between 1-2 hours
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you address conflict within your team if an issue arose?
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (Laurel, MD) in Nov 2022
Interview
The process was very straightforward, first a phone screen where the staff told me about the group I was interviewing with and asked some minor questions, a couple days later was a zoom "interview" with a HR person which really was them telling me what to expect during the in person interview. A few days after that there was an in person interview which consisted of multiple 1hour long (ish) interviews with different staff from the group, some were more technical oriented while others were more behavioral. Everyone was very friendly and easy to talk too, they joked around a bit but only to ease some of the seriousness and interview jitters, which I appreciated. Overall the process was very fast because I had pending offers from other companies so turnaround was quick. I got an offer the next business day.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (Laurel, MD)
Interview
Phone interview scheduled 4 weeks after submitting application. On-site interview 3 weeks after phone screen. Met with recruiter first to chat about benefits and logistics and then with supervisors and early career staff for half-day. Interview questions were fairly typical. Received offer one week after on-site interview.
