Senior Systems Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at MITRE with 3.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 65.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Systems Engineer roles take an average of 16 days to get hired, when considering 10 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at MITRE overall takes an average of 29 days.
Common stages of the interview process at MITRE as a Senior Systems Engineer according to 10 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 24%
Group panel interview: 24%
Phone interview: 20%
Presentation: 12%
Skills test: 8%
Background check: 8%
Personality test: 4%
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I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at MITRE
Interview
A few phone interviews followed by an in-person interview. The in-person interview consisted of 6 30-minute interviews with different people. If you made it this far, they like you and respect your technical ability, so the interview is low-stress.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at MITRE (McLean, VA) in Sep 2018
Interview
Panel discussion with four interviewers, plus a discussion with Human Resources rep to cover benefits. Interview was hosted on site (pre-Covid). I interviewed with two different groups and the entire process took about four hours. I was required to present a brief on technical work for one group, but not the other. Clearly there are different interview styles across divisions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Most of the questions were techincal, but some beahvioral question like "Given some situation with the sponsor how would you handle it?"
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at MITRE (Aberdeen, MD) in Nov 2015
Interview
The process started with several phone interviews a week apart followed by a final four hour Skype interview with various different project leads to determine where I would end up.