Engineering applicants have rated the interview process at Varian Medical Systems with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 80% positive. To compare, the company-average is 60.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Engineering roles take an average of 24 days to get hired, when considering 5 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Varian Medical Systems overall takes an average of 26 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Varian Medical Systems as a Engineering according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 29%
Phone interview: 21%
Presentation: 14%
Background check: 7%
Group panel interview: 7%
Other: 7%
Drug test: 7%
Skills test: 7%
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I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Varian Medical Systems (Palo Alto, CA) in Jan 2022
Interview
Three rounds over 6 months. All via video. One on one interview, peer interview, second one on one. Background check and drug screening.
Staff is pretty friendly. No big egos. It takes a long time to get hired here, six months is normal per other employees. You really need to be passionate about the companies mission to get hired here. And the staff here is mostly all very talented.
I applied online. I interviewed at Varian Medical Systems in Apr 2021
Interview
Several rounds of interviews, first with HR, then with an engineer, then with the manager of the team. Very pleasant process - they all seemed genuinely interested in hearing about my background, and it seemed like a conversation rather than being grilled with questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How has your experiences prepared you for this job?
I applied in-person. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Varian Medical Systems (Palo Alto, CA) in Jun 2015
Interview
Positive, interviewed with 5 different people, 30 minute interviews. Mostly background questions about the classes I had taken and previous internships. Explained project I would be working on and asked for my input/ideas. Explained previous projects I had created and the process I took.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Background, about academic interests. Software/programming experience.