Design Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Sensata Technologies with 3.2 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 56.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Design Engineer roles take an average of 10 days to get hired, when considering 6 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Sensata Technologies overall takes an average of 23 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Sensata Technologies as a Design Engineer according to 6 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 38%
Skills test: 15%
Background check: 15%
Phone interview: 15%
Presentation: 8%
Personality test: 8%
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I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Sensata Technologies in May 2017
Interview
Applied online, Skype interview. Mostly technical questions and questions around CV. At the end of interview, we both agreed that this was not good for us. If you are applying you should know what they are looking for and prepare and practice them well before the interview.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Sensata Technologies in Nov 2018
Interview
Brought many college students together for a "Fun Friday," with 4 breakout interviews and a tour. Took most of the day. Questions were technical and challenging and focused on engineering fundamentals such as free body diagrams and beam deflection.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What could you vary in a given beam to make it easier to bend?
I applied through college or university. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Sensata Technologies (Boston, MA) in Oct 2017
Interview
I encountered Sensata at a college career fair and submitted my resume to them.
About four business days later they contacted me about an on-campus interview scheduled for two business days later.
I met with the interviewer for only thirty minutes and mostly went over my resume and personal projects, and how the skills intersected with the skills they were looking for. We also talked about the function and operation of the sensors being developed at Sensata.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe how a temperature sensor might operate. What would a sample circuit look like?