I applied through college or university. I interviewed at SharkNinja (Newton, MA)
Interview
There were four or five mini-interviews with different department heads, each about 45 minutes long. The company uses this as a means to determine where they think you will fit best. There is some redundancy in interviews, where I was asked to review my skills and experiences. Interviews by the R&D engineers included some brief questions designed to have you think outside the box, demonstrate how you may work with them, and show general engineering knowledge.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A ping pong ball falls in to a pipe with a close fit within a room. On a desk is a hammer and a box of Wheaties. You must remove the ball without damaging it or the pipe.
Had a 30 minute call with program manager and spoke about various engineering tasks at school as well as components that might be on the robot and what they do.
Mechanical Engineering applicants have rated the interview process at SharkNinja with 2.5 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 45.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Common stages of the interview process at SharkNinja as a Mechanical Engineering according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Background check: 33%
One on one interview: 33%
Skills test: 33%
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