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Mechanical Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Atkins with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 25% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Mechanical Engineer roles take an average of 38 days to get hired, when considering 5 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Atkins overall takes an average of 34 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Atkins as a Mechanical Engineer according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 38%
Presentation: 25%
Drug test: 13%
Group panel interview: 13%
IQ intelligence test: 13%
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The interview went well. They were mainly focused on technical questions related to my field. They also took group discussions. The topic of the meeting was current affairs. The interviewer was very familiar with the subject at hand.
Online video consisting of various questions related to the company. Some questions were also related to you as an individual maybe your pass experiences and goals for the future didn’t dhfhf didn’t f fhfb
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Atkins (Derby, England) in Nov 2021
Interview
Chatted about the route into Engineering and where I want to be in the near future - goals etc.
Went through my CV.
Answered some technical questions.
Answered some questions about past my past experience on projects etc
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Example of a pipeline - How would you design it? How would you look at completing maintenance? Non-Destructive Testing etc.
2. 2 welded steel bars - Shear stress, deformation, plastic region, bending moment etc. Thought it was pretty difficult, I hadn't covered this since college (5 years+), I felt it was a little pressured given the fact if this was an exam I would of revised certain criteria etc.