Random resume drop to a posting online. Received a call from HR a couple weeks later to gauge my interest in the position, and set up another phone interview with HR for the following week. Spoke for about 20-30 minutes on the phone, no real head-scratcher questions. At conclusion of call, they said they'd be in touch if an in-person interview would be scheduled. Heard back for an in person interview about a week or two later. Interviewed in person with 4-5 members of the office individually. Again, not really grilling me, but just learning about my background and what I was in it for. Everyone was pleasant. Offered me the position about 2-3 weeks later. I accepted within days, and I started about a month after that. From resume drop to start date, the whole process was about 3 months.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What situations do you feel most comfortable in?
This sounds super straightforward, but for some reason I was a bit stumped. It was not asked to trick me, just a simple question, and I had to think for a minute. It got me thinking deeper after the interview and why that question struck me awkwardly. Other than that, the interview was quite smooth, and I had a good mix of personal conversation, and conversation about ERM and my background.
I applied through other source. I interviewed at ERM in Aug 2024
Interview
Two rounds of interviews. One behavioral with an HR representative and another technical with partners and senior staff. My interview also included a brief quiz testing my chemical knowledge but that may have been the hiring manager's specific preference.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Picked out a piece of experience on my resume and asked what I learned from it.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at ERM (East Hartford, CT) in Feb 2019
Interview
I applied for the position, then around a week later, I got a request to do a video interview online. It is a very awkward process of recording yourself answering questions. There is a written portion first, then the video portion. I recorded the interview on a Saturday, then received an in-person interview request for that Thursday. The in-person interview went well, there were your typical experience questions, but they also let you show your personality. I feel like they were seeing if I was a technical and culture fit for the office. The next day, I recieved a verbal offer, and the following Monday or Tuesday I recieved the written offer.
Got a request for an automated online interview completed during a certain time frame, then got a request for an in person interview which included a test, then received a job offer
Staff Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at ERM with 2.7 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 65.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Staff Engineer roles take an average of 44 days to get hired, when considering 10 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at ERM overall takes an average of 40 days.
Common stages of the interview process at ERM as a Staff Engineer according to 10 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 22%
Drug test: 19%
Group panel interview: 15%
One on one interview: 15%
Background check: 11%
Skills test: 7%
Other: 4%
Personality test: 4%
Presentation: 4%
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