Architect applicants have rated the interview process at NBBJ with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 62.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Architect roles take an average of 33 days to get hired, when considering 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at NBBJ overall takes an average of 27 days.
Common stages of the interview process at NBBJ as a Architect according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 50%
Presentation: 33%
Phone interview: 17%
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at NBBJ in May 2015
Interview
Friend at the New York office referred me to the Seattle office. They flew me out there and interviewed me the next morning. After the interview they flew me home that night... not really enough time to know if I liked Seattle enough to move my family there
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
So annoying— they just wanted to know if I write scripts for BIM...over and over- it was all they cared to know about- apparently the design team is a bunch of pretentious nerds... and I kept looking at the “construction document guys” with their baggy/dark circled eyes silently sitting off to the side.... I wanted to do architecture- not become a software operator so I passed
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at NBBJ (Hong Kong) in Jan 2021
Interview
2-3 senior designers, 1 hours, talk about the portfolio, then Talk more about your favourite projects and how you can fit in to the dynamic corporate culture and being collaborative.
Portfolio to phone interview to on site interview.They reached to me very quickly. Went through work samples and the questions were very direct on work experience and tech background, very friendly interviewers with a mix of would be supervisors and colleagues as well as more junior staff
It was a good interview, about one hour. The people from each studio talked about your portfolio and asked some basic questions. They were very friendly and shared some opinions with you about both your design and their works.