I applied online. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Southern Company (Atlanta, GA) in May 2025
Interview
The process for Southern Company’s Talent Acquisition is horrible. I applied for multiple roles close to February or March of this year and didn’t get a reply until May. Finally, I a got a response to “Please be patient” and then received email that the hiring manager will contact me. The manager did contact me, but he didn’t ask about qualifications only talked about his home life in Alabama. He said that I should receive an email or something by the end of the week. I received an email the end of the following week that they were pursing other candidates. I have applied for other positions and waited an extended amount of time to hear no response. This company either has a horrible HR or very selective on candidates based on other criteria……..
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Southern Company (Birmingham, AL) in Sep 2021
Interview
There was a panel interview with five members. Each of the panel members ask a question and moved on to the next question after an answer. There was not much of a dialog between me and the panel members.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell us about a specific time when you had to help someone. What was the issue? and What was the outcome?
Security Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Southern Company with 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 73.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Security Engineer roles take an average of 67 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Southern Company overall takes an average of 30 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Southern Company as a Security Engineer according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Other: 25%
Phone interview: 25%
Group panel interview: 25%
Presentation: 25%
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