I applied online. I interviewed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (Livermore, CA) in Jul 2022
Interview
Technical Presentation along with a 1 hour interview conducted remotely over Zoom. Presentation allows you to present your strengths rather than fielding randomly selected questions and let your prior work speak for itself in a way that traditional interviews become kind of a hit or miss on what the interviewer asks you. Instead of the interview process being dependent on the interviewer's question asking ability, it becomes about your presentation ability allowing you more control to sell yourself better.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
To make a 45 minute presentation on prior work relevant to the potential opening.
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (Livermore, CA) in Jun 2021
Interview
30 min presentation with 30 min Question & Answer session
Then I had an opportunity to ask them questions and they answered
Optional online tour was available, but not required by any means
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory interviews FAQs
Controls Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory with 3 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 82.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Controls Engineer roles take an average of 90 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory overall takes an average of 49 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory as a Controls Engineer according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 25%
Background check: 25%
Drug test: 25%
Presentation: 13%
Skills test: 13%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -