I applied online. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at SmithGroup (Phoenix, AZ)
Interview
Nice interview atmosphere.
They looked at my resume and asked some questions about personal experience.
I did a presentation of my work, they asked a couple of questions about the portfolio and they did care about design ideas!
They talked about what they were actually doing and took me a tour around the office after interview.
The whole process from interview invitation to job offer is very efficient.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me something about yourself.
What did you do in your past firms?
Do you know anything about this firm?
Design ideas in portfolio.
that was good. they were 3 people and it was 30 min. they asked about everything and they seemed to be so good with me how ever they did not accept me for the position.
The interview process was for a entry level position and was fairly standard for an architecture firm. There was no hard-hitting question. I got the sense it was mostly to evaluate if you would fit the company culture. I did have to walk through my portfolio and give examples of problems solved, team issues, etc. on projects.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I got the typical what are your strengths and weaknesses question.
Filled in the online chart from the website, HR will send out the invite
principals and team will interview you via video call
once it works out, HR will contact w you
Architect I applicants have rated the interview process at SmithGroup with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 70% positive. To compare, the company-average is 77% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Architect I roles take an average of 23 days to get hired, when considering 11 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at SmithGroup overall takes an average of 30 days.
Common stages of the interview process at SmithGroup as a Architect I according to 11 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 33%
Group panel interview: 28%
Presentation: 17%
Other: 6%
Background check: 6%
Phone interview: 6%
Drug test: 6%
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