Engineering Co-Op applicants have rated the interview process at Southern Company with 2.7 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 73% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Engineering Co-Op roles take an average of 23 days to get hired, when considering 18 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Southern Company overall takes an average of 30 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Southern Company as a Engineering Co-Op according to 18 Glassdoor interviews include:
Drug test: 20%
One on one interview: 20%
Group panel interview: 20%
Background check: 18%
Personality test: 8%
Phone interview: 8%
Skills test: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Southern Company (Atlanta, GA) in Oct 2014
Interview
Asked basic questions about yourself so they could get to know you. For the most part they hire based on whether you could get along with the team. I suggest that you be yourself because the recruiters are a pretty good judge of character, so they will know which department that would best suit you.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain a time when you dealt with an upset customer and how did you handle it?
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Southern Company (Birmingham, AL)
Interview
It was a panel of three interviewers, and they asked a handful of behavioral questions. They were very respectful and seemed interested in hearing my responses, but the interview style was pretty rigid overall.
I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Southern Company (Athens, GA) in Apr 2024
Interview
The interview was completely behavioral and pretty chill, they asked predictable questions. Just come prepared with answers with common interview questions and the interview will be fine. I received an offer after about a week.
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Southern Company (Atlanta, GA) in Jan 2023
Interview
The interview was conducted in a period of about 30 minutes. I answered some basic questions and told them about my interests. The whole thing took 30 minutes about 30 minutes in total. Very low key.