The process was fast but was an average overall experience. The entire scheduling and interviewing process does not take more than two weeks. They are quick to respond to questions too.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at SmithGroup (Madison, WI) in Feb 2019
Interview
The process was very simple and pleasant. It was a video conference style interview where I was sent a link from HR. I interviewed with two architects for 30 min who were very nice! The questions were not difficult (no trick questions) and it seemed like they genuinely wanted to get to know about you and your design process. Then, I heard back about two weeks later and did not get an offer due to not having the capacity to hire another intern. Then, about a month later they reached out to me and offered me an interior design internship for the summer!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How did you come up with the concept to you design? (we went over 1 of my projects)
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at SmithGroup (Los Angeles, CA) in Apr 2018
Interview
The interview was pretty chill, two principles listened to me introduced my portfolio, asked me questions and gave me some advice. They also asked me what I did in the previous internship.
Intern applicants have rated the interview process at SmithGroup with 2.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 83% positive. To compare, the company-average is 77% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Intern roles take an average of 32 days to get hired, when considering 6 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 Intern according to 6 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 25%
Presentation: 13%
Other: 13%
Background check: 13%
Phone interview: 13%
IQ intelligence test: 13%
One on one interview: 13%
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