Me postulé a través de un reclutador. El proceso tomó 4 semanas. Acudí a una entrevista en Blue Origin (Kent, WA) en feb 2016
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Generally speaking the interview process was quite enjoyable, but the conclusion of it was very unprofessional.
I was head hunted by HR and contacted to set up a phone screen. I had the call the next day and was asked to submit my résumé the following week. Within two days of submitting my résumé I was contacted and asked to come in for a "meet and greet". The meet and greet turned out to be an initial high-level interview with a propulsion engineer and the director of that group. I was told I would hear back in a few days regarding a technical interview.
The following Monday I received a call inviting me to a technical interview. The technical involved giving a one hour presentation, followed by four 30 min one-on-one interviews with the presentation board. The one-on-ones were more interested in conceptual understandings of topics and seemed to be focused on understanding my thought process.
After the technical interview I was contacted by HR saying they wanted to move forward and needed three references. After the references were contacted, HR called back to say they wanted to move forward and wanted to know what my salary request was. They then said I would hear back with an offer in a week.
A week later I got a call and they said they were not interested in moving forward. I was not given a reason as to why or what happened and when asked when I could reapply, they said three years.
Overall the interview process was a great experience, but the ending was very unprofessional. HR should never tell someone "you should expect an offer" and then turn around and say "we're not interested". It shows a lack of respect and a lack of professionalism. Needless to say I will not be applying again.
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Typically fluid questions and how they relate to propulsion systems. I'm also interested in 3D printing and so was asked about print qualification testing.
Me postulé en línea. El proceso tomó 6 semanas. Acudí a una entrevista en Blue Origin (Kent, WA) en mar 2017
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Applied online, 2 weeks later get a call from HR to set up a phone screen with a couple of engineers to talk about my experiences and resume.
A few days later get another call to set up on-site interview. The on-site interview begins with a tour of the Kent facilities, then you give a 1 hour presentation about your experiences to a panel of engineers. After the presentation, you go into 1:1 interviews with some of the panelists going into more detail about your work and how that ties into what Blue Origin does. After some interviews, you break for lunch with some more engineers (who may not have been in the presentation) and ask/answer some more questions. Then you go back to finish up 1:1 interviews.
This sounds like an intense process, but everyone is really friendly and it goes by more quickly than you think.
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I was shown the BE-3 engine and was asked to identify which turbopump corresponded to fuel and which to oxidizer, and then why they need a seperate shaft/turbine to power each when other engines use a common shaft/turbine to power both fuel and oxidizer turbopumps.
Me postulé en línea. El proceso tomó 4 semanas. Acudí a una entrevista en Blue Origin
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Applied online, was contacted within two weeks by HR to see if I was interested in a phone interview. Had a phone interview the following week with one of the Propulsion team managers, mostly going through my resume. Was contacted within a couple of days to set up an on-site interview, which was with a panel of 5 engineers and strictly technical. You are asked to make a 40 minute presentation of your work to the panel, they ask technical questions there, then you break up for individual 30-40 min interviews with each engineer.
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Tell me what options are there out there to measure flow rate and when/why would you use each one of the different options
Me postulé a través de una facultad o universidad. El proceso tomó 2 meses. Acudí a una entrevista en Blue Origin (Kent, WA)
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Really cool interviews at a really cool company! One of the recruiters reached out to me a couple of weeks after I applied online, and he set up a phone interview with an engineer from Blue. After the 30 minute interview, they got back to me (actually later that day) about setting up an on site interview in Kent.
They flew me out to Washington for two nights a couple weeks later for interviews. I had to give a presentation about myself and my experience to a group of four engineers, and then did one-on-one interviews with each. Everyone was super friendly!
Most of the interviews focused on my senior design project, as well as project/risk management from other projects I've been involved in. Nothing too hard, mostly high level engine design stuff. Perhaps the hardest questions were about qualifying the New Shepard vehicle, and how many flights I'd want to see before flying on it myself, letting my parents fly in it, and then letting the public fly in it.
They got back to me with an offer roughly a month after my on site interview.
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Explain engine sizing choices, important parameters, etc