R & D Hardware Technician applicants have rated the interview process at National Instruments with 3.5 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 72.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for R & D Hardware Technician roles take an average of 11 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at National Instruments overall takes an average of 19 days.
Common stages of the interview process at National Instruments as a R & D Hardware Technician according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 33%
One on one interview: 33%
Skills test: 33%
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I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at National Instruments (Austin, TX) in Oct 2012
Interview
You go in and they give you a written Tech test covering Digital, Analog and some circuit calculations. Then one engineer comes in with your test graded and goes into the theory of material. Memorizing formulas is not enough. They get into graphing times and behaviorial changes of components during different scenarios. Then asked a LabView question. It is helpful to understand that before you walk in. Then they asked sorting question with inputs. The engineers were helpful and very nice.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If I gave you a box that for every input the output number is max on top and min on bottom. Arrange the boxes in a way where four numbers such as (1,2,3,4) can be sorted if the input was mixed?
The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at National Instruments (Austin, TX) in Sep 2011
Interview
There was an initial phone interview. One week later I was invited for an in person interview. The interview was fairly straight forward. It included a basic technical test and two interviews with two different people. The dress code there is pretty laid back, so I would suggest something short of a full suit. Overall the people I met were very friendly, and the atmosphere of the place was positive. I have not been offered a job as of this post, but I think I still might. The job I'm trying for is R and D Hardware Technician.