I applied through college or university. I interviewed at WD (Milpitas, CA) in Apr 2017
Interview
Incredibly unorganized. I applied through my school's website and was immediately asked to answer some behavioral questions. The woman I first spoke with had just learned about the internship program and couldn't answer a single question I had about the actual position itself. Further, there were 5 different, tangentially related, positions and the call was for a different one than had I applied to. I had to fill out 3-4 different sets of forms, with the same exact information (work experience, personal info, etc...) before the onsite, which was incredibly annoying. The onsite was very long - 6 back to back interviews, most of them asking the same questions again and again. The questions were all very basic, behavioral questions and were not stimulating in any way. The recruiter said she'd get back to me in 1 week. No response. I emailed her after 2 weeks. No response. I emailed her twice more regarding the reimbursement for transportation we had previously agreed on. No response. Thanks WD for agreeing to pay my $100+ uber rides, only to completely ignore my requests.
One round - pretty general . Just past projects and experience. Interviewer is understanding and nice. Ask about their current projects to see how your experience fit in. Overall ok
The interview process is a multi-stage, Introductions and small talk, structured evaluation designed to assess qualifications, skills, and cultural fit for the role. It consists HR interview, team head interviews, and writing assessment.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Introduction, basic qualifications, salary expectations, and interest.
Good, the interviewer is very kind and friendly. The question is quite easy, simple algorithm question; more focus on behavioral question. Interviewer has provide me many useful advice and future direction.
Intern applicants have rated the interview process at WD with 2.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 76% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Intern roles take an average of 15 days to get hired, when considering 28 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at WD overall takes an average of 23 days.
Common stages of the interview process at WD as a Intern according to 28 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 23%
One on one interview: 21%
Background check: 13%
Presentation: 11%
Skills test: 9%
Personality test: 9%
Drug test: 6%
Group panel interview: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
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