I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at DEKA Research and Development (Manchester, NH) in Feb 2019
Interview
The process started in late December and ended in early February, so about six weeks in total. It started with a phone screen with myself and a few others. The call was mostly about my background and interest in DEKA. It went well and I was invited for an onsite interview in January.
The interview was a panel of engineers and the hiring manager for me. Basically they ask brain teasers and about your background. All around enjoyable experience. I later received a call from the hiring manager saying he wanted to make me an offer and the HR team should contact me shortly. The recruiter I had been in contact with said their HR team should be getting back to me soon. A few weeks went by and I received no contact from the HR people. I was in contact with the recruiter for that time period that basically summed up some internal moves had happened and the position was currently on hold.
The recruiter got back to me fairly quickly, though I did have to initiate contact everytime. At the end they told me they had filled the position with an internal resource and the job was officially closed.
Overall, a positive experience and I'd be happy to interview with DEKA again. I would suggest that they spend more time on interview to offer process, as 4-5 weeks to make an offer is longer than normal, but I understand my experience does have some special circumstances.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Basically a bunch of brain teasers where the answers they give you are not the correct answers. Look for the truth within the truth kind of questions.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at DEKA Research and Development (Manchester, NH) in Jul 2022
Interview
Went through my resume and asked me to talk about my past experience. Then they asked for my salary expectations. Interviewer went on hold for 5 minutes but forgot to mute. I heard him say "this guy wants us to match his FAANG level engineering salary and is dreaming. No one needs that much money." Extremely disrespectful and I hung up and blocked them. Why are they even attempting to recruit people from FAANG if they cant match the salary. Absolute buffoonery.
Good semi-technical questions and brain teasers. The team was friendly and shared good information about the company. There was one phone screen and one in person interview with a small team of employees.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked me several brain teasers, and questions about past experience.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at DEKA Research and Development (Manchester, NH) in Jan 2021
Interview
The interview process was fairly relaxed but very in depth. Several questions on technical topics that tested both knowledge and creativity. I met with several people over a couple hours.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Recreate a possible third view of a drawing given two views.
Mechanical Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at DEKA Research and Development with 2.8 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 54.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Mechanical Engineer roles take an average of 18 days to get hired, when considering 6 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 Mechanical Engineer according to 6 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 44%
Group panel interview: 33%
Skills test: 22%
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