I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Boston Dynamics (San Jose, CA) in Jan 2014
Interview
The interview process was very straight forward, they did their phone interview then asked for a person interview shortly followed by a second interview. The last of which however felt as if the interviewer was not human, almost as a machine but I could be over thinking things, I tend to do that.
Really fun and engaging. We took turns in a group session to use our robots. We talked about our achievements in the field and life ambitions. It was an excellent experience and we really enjoyed it as a group.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Boston Dynamics
Interview
The good: Robots were cool, interesting environment, small company feel.
The bad: Only asked technical questions (including standing at a whiteboard and doing problems on the spot) and didn't seem to care about getting to know me as a person or knowing about my career aspirations. Asked questions to intentionally try and trip you up. They were over 30 minutes late bringing me in for the interview. Non-diverse workforce. Heavily skewed towards MIT grads. The engineers seemed cliquey and unwelcoming.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Asked me to get up on the board, do problems, draw graphs about random things.
Robotics Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Boston Dynamics with 4.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 54% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Robotics Engineer roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Boston Dynamics overall takes an average of 32 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Boston Dynamics as a Robotics Engineer according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 29%
Presentation: 29%
Group panel interview: 14%
Personality test: 14%
One on one interview: 14%
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