Williams Engineer Interview Questions
& Process

They use an online interview software where you record yourself answering questions. You get three tries for about ten questions. Once submitted, it could take up to a month to hear back. After the recorded interview, they did a phone interview which was very low key and mainly behavioral questions. Safety is one of William's key values. If the interviewer does not mention safety, I am sure they would be impressed if you brought it up. The interesting thing about the interview process for interns is that they do a general intern interview. Typically the people that conduct your interview will not be your manager. Williams hires on a large group of interns and then sends a questionnaire after you are hired to help select your placement.

I had an initial call with HR where they asked basic questions about pay and my experience. Then, about two weeks later, I got an email with a link for an online interview. This program presented six questions, and I had to record my answers on video after each one. Roughly three weeks after that, I got an invite for another interview. The person scheduling it mentioned a scheduling conflict due to a 9/80 work schedule, which turned out not to be true during the interview itself. The interview was supposed to be 90 minutes, but they only asked questions for about 30 minutes. I used the remaining 20 minutes to ask about the job's responsibilities, training, safety programs, and other things. It was a panel interview with one person joining remotely from a worksite. They asked standard behavioral questions. The people seemed fine, but I got the impression the manager was annoyed I took more than 10 minutes for my questions, or perhaps he'd already decided on a candidate since I was interviewed on the second of four interview days. I heard back with a 'not interested' email four days later. I've wanted to work there for years, but this experience made me doubt applying again; it felt disorganized and like a waste of time.

I had an interview with a panel of 4 managers. They asked me questions about my past career experiences and also some situational and hypothetical questions related to the job. It was a pretty conversational interview and the panel was helpful.