The interviewers treated the interview more like a portfolio review, whereby after I finished walking them through a project they would point out all of the things they didn’t like or what they said couldn’t work. Would ask me if I “even considered” trying different things and were generally disrespectful during the interview, interjecting to tell me that my graphics were confusing or not good - I had previously worked in a different PW office and had never had such a poor interview experience.
Self introduction and got introduced to interview panelists. Walked through portfolio and introduced top 2 projects. Interviewers asked questions about design decisions, process, and software used. A Q&A question followed after about firm.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why do you want to intern at PW? What are you interests?
The interview process typically begins with an application review, followed by a phone or video screening. Next, candidates may face one or more in-person or virtual interviews, including technical or behavioral questions. It often concludes with reference checks and a final decision.
Intern applicants have rated the interview process at Perkins & Will with 2.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 64% positive. To compare, the company-average is 62.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Intern roles take an average of 16 days to get hired, when considering 11 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Perkins & Will overall takes an average of 24 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Perkins & Will as a Intern according to 11 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 22%
Group panel interview: 22%
One on one interview: 11%
Skills test: 11%
IQ intelligence test: 11%
Personality test: 11%
Presentation: 11%
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