Junior Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Applied Research Associates with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 70.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Junior Software Engineer roles take an average of 34 days to get hired, when considering 9 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Applied Research Associates overall takes an average of 21 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Applied Research Associates as a Junior Software Engineer according to 9 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 25%
Phone interview: 19%
Skills test: 16%
Background check: 13%
Presentation: 9%
One on one interview: 9%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Personality test: 3%
Drug test: 3%
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I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Applied Research Associates (Fort Walton Beach, FL) in Mar 2022
Interview
Interview was simple, I felt they were less worried about what I actively knew and were more worried about that I could learn. Questions asked were more related to general topics and If I knew the concept and If I did how I had applied that in the past.
I applied online. I interviewed at Applied Research Associates in Nov 2023
Interview
An hour-long interview with two managers. The interview was a video call and consisted of behavioral and technical questions to gauge your experience. Overall, friendly and easy to talk to but I did not receive a response.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is your experience with simulation programming?
I interviewed at Applied Research Associates (Raleigh, NC)
Interview
The process lasted approximately 6 weeks. Initially, I had a phone interview with a friendly and informative engineer which lasted for about an hour. It was a straightforward interview, and I recall being asked a question about finding the equation of a line passing through two given points on a x-y coordinate. After four weeks, I heard back from them for a final interview, which lasted for 3 hours. I had the option to choose between an in-person or an online setting. The interview was divided into four parts. The first part was a 15-minute presentation about one of my relevant projects to the position I was applying for. The presentation was followed by a Q&A session. The second part was a debugging round, where I was given a program and asked to share my screen to identify and explain the errors on the console. The third part required me to solve some math problems, which weren't particularly difficult but required some thinking. The final part was a conversation with a hiring manager. Overall, I found the process to be interesting and enjoyable.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What programming language do you find comfortable using?
Applied online, was emailed for an interview done over webex. Started casual, asking about experience and personal projects, then got into pretty tough technical questions considering this was a junior position.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a project you have worked on that you care about