I applied through university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at National Instruments (Austin, TX) in Jul 2013
Interview
I interned at National Instruments, and at the end of the summer I applied internally for an interview in the Engineering Leadership Program. I think the interview was open to any current interns at the time (no need to submit a resume or have an initial pre-interview). The interview was all day, and consisted of breakfast, the three 30 minute interviews, then lunch, then a 30 and a 45 minute interview, and ended with a 10 minute technical presentation. I felt pretty good throughout the day, but at the end of the process I was drained.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Talk about a time where you had to say no to someone and it had a positive outcome.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at National Instruments (Houston, TX) in Sept 2018
Interview
met a recruiter at career fair, was emailed and encouraged to apply online, signed up for a one hour interview, it was half technical, half behavioral
they were so nice and encouraging, very welcoming environment
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
technical: microphone signal explanation, and array pseudocode
I applied through university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at National Instruments (College Station, TX) in Sept 2018
Interview
After meeting a company representative and chatting with them at engineering career fair, I was offered an interview on campus. The interview was with one employee of 2 and a half years and lasted an hour. Standard behavioral questions with two technical questions.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Given an array of numbers 99 numbers 1-100 in random order, write down code to find which number is missing.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at National Instruments (Newbury, England) in Mar 2018
Interview
Assessment Day includes 4 stages. A Behavioral Interview, a Technical Interview, a Technical/Sales Presentation and a Group Activity.
The Behavioral Interview is your standard scenario interview questions, strengths, weaknesses, that sort of thing.
The Technical Interview is a series of questions where one questions answers is subsequently used in the next question. I was asked about how a computer would recognize a spectrum of shades in an image. This in turn led to some psuedo-coding which led to a contrasted image wherein I had to use or reevaluate my psuedo-code. It is the point of the exercise not necessarily to know the straight answer, rather work your way through the answer by asking questions to the interviewer so that they may help you understand.
The Presentation is a simple sales presentation using technical specs and showcasing your understanding for the product, how and why etc. It's fairly free-form and the other presentations differed vastly.
The Group activity is simply about showcasing organizational skills and quantity/quality of solving something under pressure.
