URS Interview Questions & Reviews

Interview Details Never Contacted. Never Interviewed. Watched two other individuals with less education and less experience get hired immediately. One of which has a relative working for the client. The only obvious reason I can conclude since I have yet to recieve a response to my inquiry: My race or gender.

Interview Details Phone interview with outside recruiter last approx 90 minutes. Also completed written questions about my experience and future goals.

Reason for Declining – Did not seem like a good fit. Leadership could not articulate clear vision for this position and its contribution to the success of the overall company.

Interview Details I have now interviewed 3 times with this company for 2 positions in 2 offices in my area. For the first, I was contacted by a recruiter for a phone interview, then contacted for an in person interview. Had to fill out their form with all of my resume information a couple days ahead of time, then had the interview. Interviewer said that the HR person would contact me in the next week to get an overview of the benefits. HR did not call, so I contacted person with whom I interviewed. I received an apology and was told that they wanted me to interview with 2 project managers about a particular position on a project. That interview happened approximately 2 weeks later. At that time, I also met with the HR person regarding benefits. After 2 weeks of hearing nothing, I called the HR person with whom I met (who did not call me back), and emailed the HR person who originally contacted me 6-8 weeks previous. After a couple days, I was informed that the positions for which I was being considered were on hold as the projects were pushed to Q1, Q2 2013.

However, the positions are still showing up as advertised.

Interview Details Applied to the Huntsville, MD branch and one month later I was contacted by an HR lady who set up a phone interview with a senior mechanical engineer at the company. The mechanical engineer called me, explained company operations, and asked me in a few ways if I was capable of and interested in the job. At no point was I asked behavioral questions. Afterwards, they scheduled a . They spent most of their time pitching the company and the job to me. I believe that the key to getting hired as an entry level employee at URS is to 1) have above a 3.0 gpa in engineering, 2) some experience in HVAC and pipes, and 3) be willing to take less money than you would be offered at most other engineering companies (they offered me 50k or possibly even a little less per year to start). I told them that I wanted more than anything to work for their company, but that I had another offer for considerably more money and that the only way I could consider an offer from them is if they could make an offer midway in between their offer and the other one that I received (would have been about 9k more). They absolutely refused to pay anymore than 50k and said that was the most amount of money that they would have offered because "it wouldn't be fair to the last engineer," who they said they hired for 50k. I never heard back from them after the in person interview. MORAL OF THE STORY, if you are a recent ME/CE grad and really want a job at URS (actually, I really didn't), DO NOT ask for more money.

Interview Details I started as a temp and was hired on full-time after 6 months.

Negotiation Details – I wasn't allowed to negotiate.

Interview Details The entire interview process took about 6 hours from start to finish. It was a series of 4 one-on-one 30 minute interviews, with a 30 minute presentation by HR regarding benefits, as well as a 30 minute presentation you gave to a small group (can vary between 6-12, depending on who can make it). This presentation can be about anything, and is designed as a way to evaluate your communication and speaking skills, ability to convey information, and simply a way to get to know you. I don't want to say it's informal, but it certainly wasn't completely rigid, either. I have to believe the closer you can align your presentation topic to your field of work, the better. After the presentation, I was taken out to lunch by two employees. This is an opportunity for them to get to know you, and also a great time to ask questions yourself. Everyone was really nice, and completely aware I was repeating myself a lot.

Negotiation Details – Pretty minimal; they gave me a salary range, told me to pick a salary, and then they made a counteroffer, which I accepted. If given a range, I'd start out with an upper middle number, and then negotiate from there.

Interview Details Initial contact was directly from the hiring manager who requested an in-person interview. I accepted that request & met with him the following day for approximately 1 hour. I was called back to meet with a group the following day, and ultimately met with the Vice President and HR rep before having them make me a formal offer. I counter offered, and we negotiated a bit and I accepted their final offer. Started within a week.

Negotiation Details – Negotiated the dollars, the vacation, and the amenities: private office, laptop, ability to telecommute when necessary, which is great because I have a family. It was important to wait until I knew they really, really wanted me before even attempting to negotiate. I was satisfied with the outcome. In retrospect I probably could have squeaked out a bit more $$.

Interview Details I was contacted by phone a couple weeks after I put my application in. The HR representative was very kind and asked about my application and why I was interested in the company/position. After a very brief answer she asked me if I could schedule to come in for an interview in the next few days.

I then went in for the interview which consisted of the people in the department I would be working with. It was a fairly easy interview where I was able to steer the conversation into my attributes and talk about my resume. They asked me questions about organizations that I am involved with and basically asked me to run down my resume. Also asked why I wanted to be an intern there, which is a pretty basic question.

It was good to demonstrate knowledge about what the company does and ask questions that helped define what the companies culture was like and a better description of what I would be doing there. There were other candidates lined up to interview before and after mine, so make sure you try to stand out. Overall was a good atmosphere during the interview, I suggest answering their questions with a smile and being confident about your answers.

About 2-3 weeks went by without me hearing anything, but got the offer.

Interview Details First step is receibing an email asking for more information after you have applied. You then get a phone call to schedule a phone interview with a hiring manager. The interview is really relaxed. If you get through the phone interview you are invited to meet one on one and get an offer.