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
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Jacobs interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Jacobs as 85% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3.01 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Planning Engineer and Marketing Manager rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Architectural Designer and Sales Excutives roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at Jacobs takes an average of 17 days when considering 80 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Planning Engineer had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Marketing Manager roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 90 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at Jacobs according to 80 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 16%
Group panel interview: 15%
Skills test: 15%
Presentation: 14%
Background check: 9%
Phone interview: 9%
Personality test: 8%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
Drug test: 4%
Other: 4%
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