I applied through college or university. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at RTX (Tucson, AZ) in Apr 2009
Interview
I was recruited out of college. An interviewer came to my college and had scheduled interviews set up by the college of engineering. The interview took about 30 minutes. After this, I received an invitation for a recruiting weekend in Tucson. They flew me down, rented me a car, and put me in a very nice resort, along with over a hundred other soon-to-be college grads. We got a site tour, a few nice meals, and a morning of interviews with various departments.
Unfortunately, I was not mapped into the correct departments and had to request an interview with the department that ultimately hired me. Each interview was approximately 20 minutes, focusing on the work I had done in college and my area of expertise. Interviews as this level focused on technical expertise rather than obscure psychological questions.
It is important to note that after being hired, there is a lengthy and very in-depth application process for a DOD security clearance. This process goes into your past 5 to 7 years, depending on the level of clearance required. Applicants are required to list places they have lived, as well as individuals they have known and their contact information. It speeds the process considerably to have this information available beforehand.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I don't recall anything particularly difficult. However, they did ask me about non-linear control systems, a topic I had not yet studied.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at RTX (Woburn, MA) in Oct 2009
Interview
I was interviewed by 3 different departments. Each dept. sent 5 or 6 people to do a 30-45 min interview. It took 2 days, and was exhausting. Being a new hire, there wasn't anything out of the ordinary or extremely difficult question-wise. Raytheon likes to hire new hires in a "college hire" event. THey will fly out/ask 10-15 people who have recently graduated or just finishing school. This is how I was hired. It was myself and 1 other person who accepted positions through this process, although I'm unsure how many were given offers.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Can you explain the difference between the 4 major object-oriented design ideas? Specifically, Polymorphism and Encapsulation.
I applied through college or university. The process took 4 days. I interviewed at RTX in Mar 2013
Interview
First I did a brief phone interview of approximately 10 minutes. They asked me questions related to my resume and also about how extensive my skills were in Matlab. They were pleased with my answers and said they would contact me about a hiring event they were doing in Tucson toward the end of the month. At the event I interviewed with 3 separate departments and the interview questions were the usual personality fit questions, e.g. " tell us of a time you had several options for a project solution. What was your thought process behind it and what was the result?"
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell of a time in which you had two employees who did not get along. How did you resolve the issue?