I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (London, England) in Dec 2024
Interview
Friendly Staff! Had a great time meeting everyone, focus heavily on my portfolio and especially certain design decisions and why I wanted to work at SOM based on my background! Extremely diverse team
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe why you think this project really impacted you?
I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Interview
Asked questions on experience, extracurriculars, classes, and general structural engineering knowledge. Looking for graduate students for internships, or someone with professional structural engineering experience. Panel of HR and engineers in the interview.
I applied through other source. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (Chicago, IL) in Apr 2020
Interview
I was reviewed by 2 separate groups of interviewers. They were very kind , and I had some great conversation with them. They asked me lots of very in depth conversations that I enjoyed answering.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is your favorite SOM project, and how did you get into this field.
Internship applicants have rated the interview process at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill with 2.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 33% positive. To compare, the company-average is 55.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Internship roles take an average of 63 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill overall takes an average of 31 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill as a Internship according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 25%
Group panel interview: 13%
IQ intelligence test: 13%
Other: 13%
Drug test: 13%
Presentation: 13%
Skills test: 13%
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