I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Thales (Hengelo, Overijssel) in Jul 2022
Interview
Friendly phone screening, then on-site interview with two seniors of the project. The whole process is very friendly and professional. All the details of the project are discussed briefly to see if the candidate understand with all the knowledge they have. So if you understand the logic of the project and how to solve it, you can express those ideas to them. The interviewers will judge your level of thinking and your knowledge to see if you are a good fit for the project.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What tools have you learn at school? How do you apply them in this project? They will describe the functionalities of the software, and wait for your response to see if you understand it.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Thales
Interview
30 minutes, online, with team lead, technical (about .Net). Introductions, technical questions, questions of the interviewee to the interviewer, etc. Not too hard, since entry level position. Compensation not discussed
Really quick interview process starting with easy, basic programming questions and increasing the difficulty to see how I understand the problem. I will say the process was not that difficult with questions about operating systems, pointers, memory allocation for a job on embedded systems
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions about operating system, memory allocation, reference or pointers, some questions related to linux such as permissions, I/O files, distributed systems, threads
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Thales (Irvine, CA) in May 2023
Interview
Asked several interview questions like why you choose this company, go through the resume, especially some knowledge in the classes, some key knowledge about Linux, algorithm and solve several code problems.
Software Engineer(Internship) applicants have rated the interview process at Thales with 2.4 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 63.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer(Internship) roles take an average of 23 days to get hired, when considering 12 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Thales overall takes an average of 23 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Thales as a Software Engineer(Internship) according to 12 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 27%
Phone interview: 14%
One on one interview: 14%
Group panel interview: 9%
Drug test: 9%
Presentation: 9%
Background check: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Other: 5%
Personality test: 5%
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