Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Rolls-Royce with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 69.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Engineer roles take an average of 37 days to get hired, when considering 11 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Rolls-Royce overall takes an average of 34 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Rolls-Royce as a Engineer according to 11 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 37%
Group panel interview: 11%
IQ intelligence test: 11%
Background check: 11%
Personality test: 11%
One on one interview: 5%
Skills test: 5%
Drug test: 5%
Presentation: 5%
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I applied online. I interviewed at Rolls-Royce (Derby, England) in Jun 2017
Interview
Online application with cover letter and CV as well as some information pertaining to permission to work etc. Thereafter there was a telephone call asking the following:
- What do you know about the company?
- What is your salary expectation?
- Name your key three skills relevant to the role.
Thereafter I was invited to Derby for the interview. The panel was purely technical and the interview was highly technical, too. First, they bring out a schematic of a gas turbine and ask technical questions about the machine. These range from specific complex questions about their IP to basic fundamental questions relevant to your area of expertise. Secondly, they ask STAR type competency questions.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
Have you ever failed some task or let someone down? How did you regain their trust?
Good, some teasers but overall straightforward process. 2 rounds, first one is technical other one is behavioural. There is a cognative assessment at the start, but pretty easy. They take a long time to get back applied in oct got back in march.
My experience is that I was initially invited to a Phone interview, then I had a technical interview via the phone and then finally face to face interview with the hiring manager
I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Rolls-Royce (Derby, England) in May 2025
Interview
90 minute face to face interview. Interviewers were friendly and guided me through the process of what they were looking for in a candidate. Challenged me on relevant technical details which were based on my background. Only one interview stage which was ideal
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Typical STAR type questions, followed by technical and behaviours competency assessments