Engineering applicants have rated the interview process at National Instruments 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 72.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Engineering roles take an average of 7 days to get hired, when considering 5 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 Engineering according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 36%
Group panel interview: 18%
Skills test: 18%
Phone interview: 9%
Drug test: 9%
Presentation: 9%
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I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at National Instruments (Austin, TX) in Feb 2011
Interview
NI visited my university where I participated in a 1:1 interview consisting of one technical question and a few behavioral questions. The following week I was invited to select a date for an interview at NI. This was a three day trip to Austin: one day at NI completing three interviews and touring the facilities, another day seeing Austin, and leaving the last. Candidates are assigned a host, an NI employee that guides you through the interview day and accompanies you through Austin - driving you where needed. The host was NI's "extra mile", a true example to their investment in the interviewing process.
Interviews were technical and behavioral and lasted about 1 to 1.5 hours each. The technical questions seemed to aim to extract some domain knowledge and your thinking process (how well do you approach complex problems).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
[Given a problem or requested action] Walk me through your process to develop a function (algorithm) that solves or performs the requested action.
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at National Instruments (Austin, TX) in Oct 2014
Interview
Recruiters come to universities and select interview candidates based on resumes. Then you have one round of in-person interviews. My interview was at the university, but that might vary depending on where you are. It took a few weeks to find out the results of my interview and receive an offer packet in the mail.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Standard programming questions about trees and graphs.
I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at National Instruments (Austin, TX) in Mar 2011
Interview
Recruited on campus, interviewed on campus and on site. Overall process is long and takes some effort (technical presentation) but the interviews themselves aren't tricky or extremely difficult. There was a mix of technical, behavioral, and general questions in all interview stages. They try to get all the info they can on how you think and work.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a situation when you dealt with a difficult customer.