SMEC interview questions
Updated 23 Feb 2026Difficulty
Average
Experience
Very positive
How others got an interview
- 17%In personIn person
- 11%RecruiterRecruiter
- 8%OtherOther
- 6%Campus recruitingCampus recruiting
- 6%Recruitment agencyRecruitment agency
- 3%Employee referralEmployee referral
Interview search
47 interviews
SMEC interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at SMEC as 94.4% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.78 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Funds Controller and Engineer rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Systems Engineer and Undergraduate Engineer roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at SMEC takes an average of 13 days when considering 18 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Graduate Engineer - Waste and Resource Recovery had the quickest hiring process (on average 2 days), whereas Graduate Civil Engineer roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 30 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at SMEC according to 18 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 19%
One on one interview: 19%
Background check: 16%
Phone interview: 14%
Skills test: 14%
Personality test: 11%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Other: 3%
Presentation: 3%
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