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Designer-architecture applicants have rated the interview process at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 55.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.

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Candidates applying for Designer-architecture roles take an average of 30 days to get hired, when considering 9 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill overall takes an average of 31 days.

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Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Designer-architecture interview questions

based on 11 ratings - Updated Nov 15, 2025

Average interview difficulty

Very positive interview experience

How others got an interview

100%
Applied online
Applied online

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11 interviews

Architectural Designer Interview

Mar 31, 2022

Anonymous Interview Candidate

No offer

Neutral experience

Easy interview

Application

I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (New York, NY) in Jan 2019

Interview

Notified by email that the interview would be scheduled with two members from the hiring/interview committee. Upon arrival at the appointment, was notified that the interviewers had to be rescheduled with two other people. Interview was carried out in a meeting room with the two interviewers. No tours or other activities were carried out. Follow up was not given.

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

Nothing specific. Interviewers were not prepared to interview me. Likely due to schedule being changed at the last minute.

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Designer-architecture Interview

Dec 22, 2021

Anonymous Interview Candidate

No offer

Positive experience

Difficult interview

Application

I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (London, England) in Dec 2021

Interview

It's hard to say, because I have forgot about the processing of interview. actually, it's very fast and you should show what your experience is and what ambition you have.

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

what is your experience explain your portfolio.

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Architectural Designer Interview

Jan 20, 2021

Anonymous Interview Candidate

No offer

Positive experience

Average interview

Application

I interviewed at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill in Oct 2020

Interview

I had a zoom interview for about 40min with two seniors. They introduced the office briefly and what projects they were working on, and then let me talk about my past experience and portfolio

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

What type of work are you most interested in

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