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Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Architect-year One Program interview questions

based on 2 ratings - Updated Oct 3, 2025

Average interview difficulty

Very positive interview experience

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50%
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50%
Applied online
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Architect-year One Program Interview

Oct 3, 2025

Anonymous Interview Candidate

No offer

Neutral experience

Average interview

Application

I applied in-person. I interviewed at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (New York, NY) in Feb 2024

Interview

The interviewer are nice and let you go through your portfolio. Ask in details in some of the projects you worked and skills you use. Overall Simple general questions you can expect from everywhere else.

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

Do you prefer work individually or team work

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Architect-year One Program Interview

Jul 17, 2018

Anonymous Interview Candidate

No offer

Positive experience

Average interview

Application

I applied online. I interviewed at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Interview

Two interviewers: one senior and one project assistant. They briefly introduced their work flows and why they had the program this year. Then I discussed with them about my portfolio. The interview was basically a one hour portfolio review.

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

They didn't ask questions.

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