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      Substation Or Telecommunication Interview

      15 Mar 2016
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Difficult interview

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      I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Burns & McDonnell in Mar 2016

      Interview

      I was to do a presentation on myself, go through an interview process and then have a short tour around the company. My presentation was fine, I did it in front if four managers, all men, in an office room, but the interview process was brutal. There was one guy in specific that had it out for me, he was a high ranking manager. Some of the questions: Why pick Burns & McDonnell? - yeah I answered this one to the best of my ability, it was a reasonable question If you wanted to work for a consulting company why did you get an internship at a tech company? Well, I'm sorry no consulting companies wanted to hire me during the several years I was looking for an internship while in college, especially during the oil crisis. And the one consulting company I did want to work for offered me a position but couldn't follow through on it because of reasons. (That's not how I answered it. But I was kind of offended by the question) They'll ask a technical question right after you tell them your strongest class - if you aren't sure of the answers write down your process or say I don't know. They'd rather an I don't know than an unsure answer. The manager then assumed there was another power course I could have taken. Even though the course was offered only to Technology not Engineering majors at my university. They expect a lot of knowledge from me considering 2 out of 4 of them admitted to having no prior experience before their hire. Then we had a conversation about time management, and that if I wanted time to myself then this wasn't the place for me. - yes I know this company is high on work load, I guess my presentation sound like I wouldn't want to put in the work. A lot of what was going on in the interview was the high ranking manger saying reasons for why this place might not be a good fit for me. Because of this experience I wasn't that bothered when they sent me a rejection email, even though they said they'd call me to tell me the outcome of the interview.

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      Why intern at a tech company if you wanted to work at a consulting company?
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