Met with three managers and they asked primarily about the projects I had listed on my resume. They explained the company and then asked about my work. Not too many technical questions just sat back and listened to my experience.
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Northrop Grumman (Beale AFB, CA) in Nov 2011
Interview
Interviewed with 4 managers/shift leads on one call.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Technical questions were out of no where. Very random to cover a wide area of knowledge. Not looking for all right answers, just to see if you know some or all of the areas needed
I applied online. I interviewed at Northrop Grumman (San Diego, CA) in May 2013
Interview
I applied for the position online, and then didn't hear back from them until about 2 months later. They asked me to come in for an in-person interview. I live near L.A. and they were 200 miles away in San Diego, but I agreed to the interview anyway.
I was greeted at the door by my two interviewers: a software developer who was doing the responsibilities of both her own job and the clerical work of the Configuration Analyst position, as well as the branch's Mission Assurance manager (whom I would be reporting to if hired). Apparently they were looking for someone to take over the developer's clerical duties so she could get back to focusing on her own job.
The interview was held in a conference room. They spent a good 15-20 minutes telling me about the position and the responsibilities it would entail--basically running around the different departments and keeping track of who's signed off on what. They asked me if this was something I'd be interested in doing, and I said something along the lines of "Absolutely."
They then went over my resume and asked me about some of my programming experience (I'm a computer science major). They said that there was a good chance that the Configuration Analyst position could lead into a software position for me at the company, at which point I said that I was very interested in the position now.
The interviewers then asked me some small talk questions like "How was your drive down here?" and "What do you do for fun?" In the end, they said to expect a phone call within 2 weeks if I got the job. All in all, I felt very good about how the interview went.
After 2 weeks, I called their hiring manager and left a message asking about my status as a job candidate. I got an email the next day that basically said "We don't need you" in nicer terms.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I was expecting the usual series of canned interview questions, but got none of that. The question "What do you do for fun?" is probably what threw me off the most.