I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Sargent & Lundy
Accepted offer
Positive experience
Average interview
Application
The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Sargent & Lundy (Chicago, IL) in Jan 2015
Interview
1. Meet with HR to go over the company and benefits
2. Meet with a project manager
3. Meet one or two working engineers and get taken out to lunch by them (open time to ask questions about the company) you are told that this portion of the interview is informal and will not affect your acceptance, but it most certainly will.
4. HR letter mailed with offer within about 2 weeks
I was scheduled for an interview by Human Resources. I met with 5 structural engineers from the department for about 30 minutes each. Questions mostly pertained to my resume and past experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why are you choosing to leave your current position
I applied online. I interviewed at Sargent & Lundy
Interview
As a female, my interviewer made me very uncomfortable. He made a joke that I would be spending my free time at Sargent and Lundy "looking out the window at boys walking by" and made jokes about how I would be constantly trying to find a boyfriend within the engineering staff. It made me feel uncomfortable and I felt demeaned as an engineer. Now, reading the reviews about Sargent and Lundy being an "Old Boys Club" I have made inferences about the culture at Sargent and Lundy.
My interview was very easy as I was not asked technical questions about my job. Instead, I was told that my job as a structures engineer at another company had no similarities to the job they were looking to fill. And basically it was suggested that since I was young (and I get the feeling that perhaps me being female was relevant) I knew nothing about engineering. I was not given an on site interview.
This interview made me feel very uncomfortable and made me appreciate the culture present at my current job.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
None. Wasn't asked much other than to briefly go over my college job that had nothing to do with engineering.