SSchweitzer Engineering Laboratories·Systems Engineer

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Systems Engineer interview experience

No offer

Easy

Negative

Chicago, ILPosted Jul 2020 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My experience didn’t match the level I expected.

I felt like the interview process was geared toward very fresh engineers, and the questions came across as overly basic—more like a high-school-style check than a professional engineering evaluation.

Even with a strong academic background and deep experience in power systems protection, I was asked about things like power multiplications. I made a mistake in the multiplication while doing it mentally instead of using a calculator, and I felt that small slip led to rejection.

I didn’t get an offer. The most notable part was how the technical bar felt misaligned with my actual expertise, and

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