Internship applicants have rated the interview process at National Grid with 2.6 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 46% positive. To compare, the company-average is 59% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Internship roles take an average of 30 days to get hired, when considering 14 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at National Grid overall takes an average of 39 days.
Common stages of the interview process at National Grid as a Internship according to 14 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 27%
Skills test: 20%
One on one interview: 13%
Group panel interview: 13%
Drug test: 13%
Background check: 7%
Personality test: 7%
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They asked baseline questions and the process was not very difficult or unexpected. Most of the questions were available online to look at and prepare for. Interviewers seemed to care and came prepared.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Name a time where a connection/mentor made a difference?
Online, 5 questions and including having to describe a time you had to adapt your plans, a time you achieved something u were proud of, a time you had to work collaboratively
Asked several questions that were challenging to answer. Others didn't seem to relate to engineering at all. Also required you to play games to test your IQ. Didint really allow to properly showcase skills or projects.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Difficult challenge you had to overcome and how you overcame that challenge
It was a video interview, it was ok, kind of awkward because on camera, but it was fin, other than that part of the interview. I also was not used to video interviews as well so that played a factor.