I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at DEKA Research and Development in Oct 2018
Interview
Got a call from the Hiring Manager. Was asked classical control systems questions and basic programming questions. Was also asked what I knew about the company and if I had any questions for the hiring manager.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain how to determine the stability of a system using a root locus diagram.
Technical screen on the phone to test your control system knowledge. After a week or so, it was followed by phone interview with Controls lead about your resume and controls experience.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at DEKA Research and Development (Manchester, NH)
Interview
Applied online which followed with three interviews over a month long process. Initially received a pleasant phone call from the company's HR who asked some technical questions ranging from basic software to kinematics to control theory. Next I was called by the hiring manager who asked only questions regarding most recent work experience. I did not enjoy this interview as the interviewer kept interrupting me and overall came off a bit arrogant. I was surprised to receive a follow up onsite interview at their headquarters. During this interview, I was interviewed by the control engineers on the would be project. A number of these people were also more than 10 minutes late, including the hiring manager who offered no apology. This interview was comprised of an initial description of the role and project followed by a detailed analysis and discussion of my most recent work experience. The same hiring manager seemed only interested in what I knew on top of my head and tried to wrongly discredit how I approached several of my past controls problems which really irritated me. Finally, I was asked several software and physics brain teasers after which the team informed me they would not be moving forward with my application. I was happy to anyhow inform them that I had an offer elsewhere.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given a spool, which direction does it roll when a thread is pulled?
Controls Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at DEKA Research and Development with 2.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 14% positive. To compare, the company-average is 54.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Controls Engineer roles take an average of 17 days to get hired, when considering 7 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at DEKA Research and Development overall takes an average of 19 days.
Common stages of the interview process at DEKA Research and Development as a Controls Engineer according to 7 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 50%
Presentation: 25%
Personality test: 8%
Group panel interview: 8%
Skills test: 8%
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