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%
Group panel interview: 11%
IQ intelligence test: 11%
Personality test: 11%
Background check: 11%
Skills test: 5%
Presentation: 5%
One on one interview: 5%
Drug test: 5%
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I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Rolls-Royce (Singapore) in Jan 2018
Interview
Starts with admin with HR, followed by interview panel. Brief description of yourself, past employment experience and work skills/certification. Ran through a series of senario questions and explain your responses. Ran through the position requirements and matched your skillsets.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What do you understand about this job and the requirements?
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