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      Senior Mechanical Engineer Interview

      Sep 30, 2016
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Long Beach, CA
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Virgin Galactic (Long Beach, CA) in Mar 2015

      Interview

      One brief phone call with the Recruiter followed by another over the phone interview with the hiring manager. Next was an on-site interview. On-site was very disorganized, certain people weren't there, others weren't prepared. Everyone there appeared to be the burn outs from SpaceX which led to a bit of arrogance along with some pretty impressive skills. It was clear I wasn't the ideal candidate for them 1 hour into it, but they carried on with the interview, including a rather off-putting "skills test" and a tour of the facility. Everyone in the panel seemed a bit cold, which lead me to believe there was a consistently stressed group with a poor work culture.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      What interests you with Virgin Galactic? How do you deal with day to day stress? Describe a time you had a disagreement with a coworker. Long engineering fundamentals "skills test"
      Answer question
      3

      Other Senior Mechanical Engineer Interview Reviews for Virgin Galactic

      Senior Mechanical Engineer Interview

      Feb 15, 2017
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Mojave, CA
      Declined offer
      Negative experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied in-person. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Virgin Galactic (Mojave, CA) in Sep 2016

      Interview

      Four hours interview with clueless managers and head technicians. The funny thing, technicians think they're engineers and managers believe they're Richard Branson. Their logics are dumb found and irrationals. Got tour to the production area, I found their equipments are not par up for the aerospace industry standard. What a joke!

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      What you want to do in five years?
      1 Answer
      4

      Virgin Galactic interviews FAQs

      • Candidates applying for Senior Mechanical Engineer roles take an average of 10 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Virgin Galactic overall takes an average of 37 days.
      • Common stages of the interview process at Virgin Galactic as a Senior Mechanical Engineer according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:

        Group panel interview:  29%

        Skills test:  29%

        Phone interview:  29%

        One on one interview:  14%

      • Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -

        1. Engineer(26) ;
        2. Senior Engineer(10) ;
        3. Technician(10) ;
        4. Business Support Specialist(7) ;
        5. Mechanical Engineer(6) ;
        6. Manager(5) ;
        7. Stress Engineer(5) ;
        8. Test Engineer(5) ;
        9. Avionics Engineer(4) ;
        10. Intern(4) ;
        11. Space Wrench(4) ;
        12. Engineering Intern(3) ;
        13. Flight Test Engineer(3) ;
        14. Intern - Hourly(3) ;
        15. Aerospace Engineer(2) .


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