Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Virgin Galactic with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 55% positive. To compare, the company-average is 54.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Engineer roles take an average of 79 days to get hired, when considering 11 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Virgin Galactic overall takes an average of 37 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Virgin Galactic as a Engineer according to 11 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 23%
Group panel interview: 20%
One on one interview: 17%
Skills test: 11%
Drug test: 9%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
Presentation: 6%
Background check: 6%
Personality test: 3%
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I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Virgin Galactic (Mojave, CA) in Apr 2016
Interview
Phone interview with HR. Then phone interview with hiring manager. Interview and facility tour the following week. The interview started with a 1:1 with the manger. Then 45 minute interviews with team members two at a time. total interview lasted around six hours.
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Example of technical issue. What would you do in this situation?
I applied online. The process took 12 months. I interviewed at Virgin Galactic (Tustin, CA) in Feb 2022
Interview
Unorganized. They didn't know what they were interviewing me for. Said they loved me and to expect an offer in the next couple weeks. A YEAR later I got a call telling me I didn't get the job.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Virgin Galactic (Tustin, CA) in Jan 2022
Interview
Had a screening with HR, next a phone interview with the hiring manager. Moved on to panel interview onsite. Both interviews were casual. On site interview was about 3 hours but was a casual interview. I was offered the job but then HR kept back tracking on salary, they never sent me an official offer letter. Went below salary expectations I asked to counter offer and never heard back.
There was an opportunity to have a more social visit with the people who would be managers.
I found the technical questions to be very easy - mostly standard aerospace knowledge, I felt it was very doable; however I think I was overqualified for the position I was interviewing for, and in retrospect I should have pushed for an opportunity to show deeper knowledge.