Test Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Mercury Systems with 3.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 60% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Test Engineer roles take an average of 17 days to get hired, when considering 5 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Mercury Systems overall takes an average of 24 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Mercury Systems as a Test Engineer according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 36%
One on one interview: 36%
Skills test: 18%
Personality test: 9%
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I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Mercury Systems in Nov 2019
Interview
I applied to Mercury Systems Arizona, and received first contact one day later. Completed three phone interview conversations with recruiter, manager, and finally a senior-level engineer. Jennifer and the hiring team responded to all my questions in detail, which was great. For reasons that are not related to Mercury, I was not able to join. Had I proceeded, I have confidence that I would be receiving great support for a smooth onboarding process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Interviewer asked if I was comfortable in working with defense-related products that can harm people. Was asked about my background and how it relates to Mercury.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Mercury Systems (Torrance, CA) in Nov 2023
Interview
In person, one hour broken up into two 30 minute interviews. First half was with the engineering manager and went over the basics, your resume, what they do, what you'll do, then some generic hypothetical situation. Second half was with other test engineers which went over your resume again and more technical questions.
Manager was fairly rude, very rushed and wanted to end his section fast. I could tell he really didn't like something on my resume leading me to question why this interview was even scheduled in the first place if there was a dealbreaker right on my resume, wasting both of our times. The test engineers seemed like great people though.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe this circuit and calculate the value (shows you a voltage divider).
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Mercury Systems (Oxnard, CA) in Aug 2023
Interview
Was reached out directly for the role by HR. Phone interview then in person in a conference room. First part was with HR and just went over my background. Second part was with the hiring manager where he asked a couple questions, some of which would require real in depth knowledge on the chips they make (outside of any curriculum i know of and they knew i was a recent grad). he then explained there would be long hours with only promises of "we are working to make it better within 9 months." Was texted the next day i was no longer being considered
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Are you willing to work long, inconsistent hours for at least 6 months?
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Mercury Systems (Torrance, CA) in Jul 2023
Interview
Went through HR first, seemed to be a bit of a hurdle to go through. Once talked to actual engineers it was a great interview process. Asked mixture of technical questions, as well as general intelligence questions, and personality/social questions.