Jacobs interview questions
Updated May 28, 2026Difficulty
Average
Experience
Very positive
How others got an interview
- 13%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 9%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
- 6%RecruiterRecruiter
- 4%In PersonIn Person
- 3%OtherOther
- 2%Staffing AgencyStaffing Agency
Interview search
1,382 interviews
Jacobs interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Jacobs as 60.8% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.79 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Graduate Structural Engineer and Graduate Architect rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Wastewater Operator and Junior Software Developer roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at Jacobs takes an average of 35 days when considering 53 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Junior Mechanical Engineer had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Control Systems Engineer roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 265 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at Jacobs according to 53 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 22%
Group panel interview: 20%
Phone interview: 16%
Skills test: 14%
Background check: 7%
Drug test: 7%
Presentation: 6%
Other: 4%
Personality test: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 1%
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