After successfully completing the online USA Hire Assessments and scoring high enough to be considered a "Best Qualified" candidate, your application is forwarded to managers at the NASA centers you selected. If chosen, you will have an interview (typically in a panel format with a matrix supervisor and other managers or engineers). Most interviews are setup virtually on Teams. The interview lasts approximately 45 minutes with the opportunity for you to ask questions. I was asked a mixture of technical (Resume based) and behavioral questions - this experience will depend on what organization you were chosen to interview for. Generally, the more lab based organizations will ask for more technical questions than the non-based ones. They want to get to know you as well as your skills. Do your best to tell a story when answering the "Why NASA" question. As for the technical questions, make sure to know your fundamentals and how they may apply to the organization you are interviewing for.

I was asked mostly behavioral questions with a follow-up on which project I was most proud of as a STEM major. There were five interviewers total and they took turns introducing themselves and explaining the timeline as well as the program.