I applied through college or university. I interviewed at ACCO Engineered Systems (San Francisco, CA) in Oct 2023
Interview
The interview process was very straightforward. They asked many questions geared towards personal goals and motivations. They also asked questions aimed to gauge personality. Overall I felt very welcome and they even served me lunch.
It was a half day interview. Six sit-downs for thirty minutes with people across different teams. Toured the shop and offices as well. Lunch and travel compensation was provided as well as parking
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is one time you had to apply your engineering problem solving skills?
I applied through college or university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at ACCO Engineered Systems (Sacramento, CA) in Mar 2024
Interview
My interviewers were very friendly. Round robin of interviews. One technical about psychrometrics and refrigeration, and the other two are more about people skills. Be sure to review thermal fluids and any HVAC concepts prior to interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Draw a refrigeration cycle and describe to the process.
I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at ACCO Engineered Systems (Pasadena, CA) in Nov 2023
Interview
There were two sections, a regular interview for 30 min and a technical side for 30 min. Didn’t find either of them too tough. Just have some question that you want to ask them because they want you to ask more questions than they want to ask you.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a time/ project during school where you had to use knowledge that is applicable to what we do at ACCO
Mechanical Design Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at ACCO Engineered Systems with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 83% positive. To compare, the company-average is 67.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Mechanical Design Engineer roles take an average of 18 days to get hired, when considering 12 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at ACCO Engineered Systems overall takes an average of 21 days.
Common stages of the interview process at ACCO Engineered Systems as a Mechanical Design Engineer according to 12 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 19%
Skills test: 19%
One on one interview: 16%
Personality test: 13%
Background check: 9%
Drug test: 9%
Phone interview: 6%
Presentation: 6%
Other: 3%
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