Mechanical Design Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Sensata Technologies with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 52% positive. To compare, the company-average is 56.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Mechanical Design Engineer roles take an average of 19 days to get hired, when considering 33 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 Mechanical Design Engineer according to 33 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 40%
Skills test: 16%
Phone interview: 15%
Background check: 9%
Personality test: 9%
Drug test: 4%
Presentation: 4%
Group panel interview: 2%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
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I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Sensata Technologies
Interview
I talked with the recruiters at a campus career fair. Got a phone call, text message and email scheduling for 1st round campus interview. Got another phone call and later an email informing me of the 2nd (final) round on-site interview. The company flew me to MA and had a Fantastic Friday event with some twenty other applicants. Got a phone call in less than a week offering me a full-time job. The entire process took 4 weeks.
Campus interview: 30 minutes scheduled interview but lasted 1 hour. Technical questions first and let me ask questions about the company. Questions included spring mass damping system ODE modeling and a simple capacitor problem. Spent a lot of time talking about projects at the company.
Fantastic Friday: 3 technical + 1 behavioral interviews. Technical questions included engineering knowledge on real sensor applications (stress, Wheatstone Bridge, voltage measurement application). Hard to prepare since the technical questions are very hands-on and depend on engineering "intuition". HR interview asked about most significant project experience. One of the technical interviews was fully behavioral (though interviewer is an engineer). Questions like what do you like/dislike about your college, who do you admire most were asked.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What's your career goal. Which sensor is in compression and which in tension.
The interview process was pretty standard. Started wiht a phone screen with HR, then an over the phone interview with hiring manager a few days later, then on-site interviews (3 technical, 1 HR). Total process took about 1 month from start to finish.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Sensata Technologies (Attleboro, MA) in Feb 2021
Interview
You have an initial round with the recruiter then proceed past the screening to a 1-1 interview with the hiring manager. Depending on the outcome, you will proceed to a panel interview
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe the differences in material properties between Steel and Aluminum
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Sensata Technologies (Attleboro, MA) in Nov 2019
Interview
Phone screening, then phone interview with an engineer, which was mostly about teamwork skills and to describe myself and my goals. Then they invited me onsite for a site tour (with other candidates) and a several-hour long interview process with four employees. The questions ranged all over, from solving simple mechanics puzzles to describing my teamwork skills, project skills, and what some of my most intense analyses have been in the past. At one point, they asked me to draw a free-body-diagram. It all well went well in my opinion, I answered every question in detail and in a way that demonstrated my strengths. However, I was aware that another candidate was equally skilled and had a higher education than me. I was fine with the fact that I was truly bested for the job, but I was shocked by the fact that they completely ghosted me after the interview day. No emails, no responses, no rejections.
Interview questions [4]
Question 1
“Do you see any issues with the design of this diagram, as I show it to you? The device measures pressure.”