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.
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.
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:
Skills test: 33%
Background check: 33%
One on one interview: 33%
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