Northrop Grumman interview questions
Updated Jun 4, 2026Difficulty
Average
Experience
Very positive
How others got an interview
- 18%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
- 12%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 10%RecruiterRecruiter
- 6%In PersonIn Person
- 2%OtherOther
- 1%Staffing AgencyStaffing Agency
Interview search
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Northrop Grumman interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Northrop Grumman as 74.2% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.54 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Operations and Aerospace Design Engineer rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Associate and Aircraft Mechanic roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at Northrop Grumman takes an average of 32 days when considering 2,682 user submitted interviews across all job titles. To compare, the average duration of hiring at similar companies like BlackRock, Inc. is 14 days, Fabricated Software, Inc. is 2 days, and Apple Inc. is 21 days. Candidates applying for Junior Software Engineer had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Technical Engineer roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 360 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at Northrop Grumman according to 2,682 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 19%
Group panel interview: 17%
One on one interview: 16%
Drug test: 13%
Background check: 12%
Skills test: 10%
Presentation: 5%
Personality test: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Other: 1%
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