I applied through college or university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at T-Mobile (Bellevue, WA) in Nov 2016
Interview
Interview is fifteen minutes with a member of human resources and one hour with three members of the team in turn. One member is the manager. The other two members are senior engineers. They each have behavioral and technical questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given a software system, how would you go about finding out if there a problem as well as its source?
Sent me a technical assessment that wouldn't open on Friday 05/31. Sent me an email saying the position was filled on Tuesday 06/04. I tried opening it again but it wouldn't open.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Sent me a technical assessment that wouldn't open on friday 05/31. Sent me an email saying the position was filled on Tuesday 06/04.
Mostly panel interviews consisting of 3 or more; mix of questions between technical knowledge and situational. Lasted about 35 minutes. Very casual yet formal which is representative of their culture.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 6 months. I interviewed at T-Mobile in Apr 2017
Interview
1.) Phone Screen
2.) two skype interviews covering school projects and experience
The talks mostly covered why I wanted to work at T-Mobile and cover technical proficiencies acquired in university.
There were very few technical questions involved with the director or the hiring managers.
After interview was offered multiple positions
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Walk through your choice of non-linear optimization algorithms
Associate Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at T-Mobile with 3 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 67.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Associate Engineer roles take an average of 65 days to get hired, when considering 6 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at T-Mobile overall takes an average of 22 days.
Common stages of the interview process at T-Mobile as a Associate Engineer according to 6 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 20%
Presentation: 20%
Phone interview: 20%
IQ intelligence test: 20%
Drug test: 10%
One on one interview: 10%
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