I applied online. I interviewed at Ansys (Waterloo, ON) in Nov 2023
Interview
The recruiter ghosted me after the initial call. She explicitly told me that I would have spoken with the team manager after a few days. I never heard back despite several emails.
In the end, I cannot consider it a positive experience.
The first round is a 20 min hr phone screening about the basic qualification.
The second round is a technical interview. The task is about string parsing and tree structure.
The third round is also a technical interview about data science and machine learning, with no coding test in this round.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you handle unbalanced data in a machine learning training process?
I had a HR screening, pre panel interview with 3 people and a final interview with 5 panel. They didn't told to present my work prior to the panel interview which was disappointing
Phone interview with one manager, asked many questions including do you have experience in python and do you need a visa, plus the attitude is nice and at the end of the day it’s not of a chitchat
R&D Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Ansys with 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 65.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for R&D Engineer roles take an average of 32 days to get hired, when considering 15 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Ansys overall takes an average of 26 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Ansys as a R&D Engineer according to 15 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 26%
Presentation: 16%
Skills test: 16%
One on one interview: 16%
Group panel interview: 11%
Background check: 11%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
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