Systems Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at EchoStar with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 75% positive. To compare, the company-average is 71.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Systems Engineer roles take an average of 8 days to get hired, when considering 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at EchoStar overall takes an average of 19 days.
Common stages of the interview process at EchoStar as a Systems Engineer according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Personality test: 18%
One on one interview: 18%
Presentation: 18%
Phone interview: 18%
Drug test: 9%
Group panel interview: 9%
Skills test: 9%
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I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at EchoStar (Plano, TX) in Jul 2025
Interview
Louie was approachable and easy to interface with. I found the interview process to be as easy as pie. I was able to share a bit about myself and cover any questions. I was honest, loyal, and helpful. The key attributes I bring to the table.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Louie presented me with what was most important to me in an employer.
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at EchoStar (Germantown, MD) in Oct 2019
Interview
College Day half day interview. The whole interview has four rounds. 1st round is paper test, 2nd round is a technical interview with senior data scientist, 3rd round is with manager/director, and last round with senior staff
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Mainly IQ/STATS tests in the paper test, and technical questions related to coding/ML in the next few rounds.
The process took 3 days. I interviewed at EchoStar (Englewood, CO) in May 2010
Interview
Very good interview process. I had a phone interview followed by a one on one interview which was followed by an onsite interview. The onsite interview consisted of three interviews. I was asked questions like
1) Linux questions, like child processes etc.
2) Some basic data structure questions.
3) Network based questions, such as how routing works, how do you deal with low bandwidth scenarios etc...
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
Linux Questions... like,
How child processes are created and how memory is managed.