Questions from phone screen:
1. How do you solve a problem?
2. Give me an example of a problem that you solved? and follow up questions based on my answers.
3. Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
Some of my friends had a Case study based interview, depending on who the interviewer is, but all they care is how you approach a problem.
On site interview:
They asked me to complete a 2 hour long Caliper test before setting an interview. Further, they verify your GPA to make sure everything is above 3. They rejected me first because they did not know how to convert a GPA on an Indian Scale into american scale. I had to use WES's GPA calculator tool to justify my GPA. I felt really frustrated when they asked me to provide more evidence.
My interview visit
I was really impressed by the company at first, they have a good company culture that focuses on innovation a lot.
Interview questions:
All electrical engineering related questions, I am an engineer after all, but not an electrical engineer. I fail to understand why would they ask deep electrical engineering related questions when interviewing a Mechanical/Industrial engineer.
1. Draw a circuit of a bulb connected to an outlet.
2. Calculate the current.
3. Calculate voltage across the bulb
4. Similar questions based on the same circuit, like how would you change the brightness of the bulb, Calculate the power wasted if we add a resistor for controlling brightness, etc.
5. A lot of questions related to thermodynamics, like how would you cool a surface while using natural convection. ( First they asked different types of heat transfers)
6. Questions related with a case study, where a switch was failing, questions about sensitivity of the switch and how to change it through a mechanical standpoint.
Round 2.
They ask you to troubleshoot a problem, you're given a list of contacts and they give you hints as we proceed.
After everything, they did not offer me a job, even when I was able to answer all technical questions, to this date I ask myself "what the heck they wanted?"
