I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Rolls-Royce (London, England) in Jan 2016
Interview
I was attracted to this programme of an engineering summer intern primarily because of the opportunities to develop my hands on application of theoretical knowledge, seeing first-hand the discrepancies between the theoretical and practical that often arises from the common assumptions and simplifications made. Past and current experience of this application confirmed to myself that I truly do want to be able to follow this interest into a life career
Good, some teasers but overall straightforward process. 2 rounds, first one is technical other one is behavioural. There is a cognative assessment at the start, but pretty easy. They take a long time to get back applied in oct got back in march.
My experience is that I was initially invited to a Phone interview, then I had a technical interview via the phone and then finally face to face interview with the hiring manager
I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Rolls-Royce (Derby, England) in May 2025
Interview
90 minute face to face interview. Interviewers were friendly and guided me through the process of what they were looking for in a candidate. Challenged me on relevant technical details which were based on my background. Only one interview stage which was ideal
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Typical STAR type questions, followed by technical and behaviours competency assessments
Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Rolls-Royce 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 69.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Engineer roles take an average of 37 days to get hired, when considering 11 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Rolls-Royce overall takes an average of 34 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Rolls-Royce as a Engineer according to 11 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 37%
Personality test: 11%
Group panel interview: 11%
Background check: 11%
IQ intelligence test: 11%
Drug test: 5%
One on one interview: 5%
Presentation: 5%
Skills test: 5%
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