Applied online and was contacted relatively quickly soon after. Pretty routine process, phone screen with recruiter. Follow-up with hiring manager. Communication is prompt and all persons were pleasant to deal with.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Curtiss-Wright in Feb 2025
Interview
Recruiter reached out on LinkedIn and then scheduled an onsite interview after a screening call. Onsite interview consisted of three managers asking STAR questions from a premade packet. Conversations outside of these questions were very minimal. This made the interview seem very rigid and made the interviewers seem not very personable.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
Describe a time where you had to make a decision without all the information.
I applied in-person. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Curtiss-Wright (Pittsburgh, PA) in Apr 2014
Interview
They use the Lominger Competencies, which are 'situation based' questions. They ask you to describe a situation, how you handled it, and what the outcomes were. I thought this was a good method but it was a bit overkill. Those were the only types of questions they asked, and after a certain point, you don't have many other experiences to pull from. The questions can be somewhat similar, so I ended up using the same experience to answer multiple questions. The interview was with a panel of 3-5 people.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a time when you realized you made a mistake at work. What steps did you take to remedy the situation, and what was the outcome?