The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Northrop Grumman (Redondo Beach, CA) in Dec 2008
Interview
The interview consisted of a personality interview by the manager, followed by 1on1 technical with a engineer. They just asked resume questions, followed by basic C/C++/Java questions. They asked becuase it was the basic skillset of languages I listed on my resume.
They liked my honors/achievements in college and I was personally emailed by the hiring manager asking for my transcript. I got a email later saying I wasn't offered the position because my GPA was not high enough.
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Northrop Grumman (El Segundo, CA) in Apr 2008
Interview
I went in and first met with my manager. He was pretty shy person and asked only a few questions about past experiences. Very few or none of the questions were those "typical questions" you'd find on the internet, and not challenging to answer. No technical questions. I asked most of the questions. I was introduced acquainted with another manager that will be in charge of the interns, and took a tour of the facilities where I might be working. I got the feeling I'd be hired for sure at the interview. Then met with HR and did some questions and instructions of how process will be. Total time was around 3 hrs. I cannot say that most interns can expect this easy, since my group was pretty specialized group that was looking to expand and had extra funding.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
No difficult questions were asked. Mostly small talk. Cannot say that this will apply to most candidates unless you get the same manager as me.