Hewlett-Packard ASIC Procurement Engineer Interview

Interviewed Oct 2011 in Houston, TX (took 1+ week)

Had phone interviews with manager, technical coworker, then business procurement manager. Each interview was roughly one hour. The manager interview covered background and interests and went well. The technical coworker went in some depth technically, which I was very rusty on. The business procurement manager interview covered roles & responsibilities and business environment, which went fine.

Given my time zone is Houston (Central), the job would necessarily involve significant evening hour work working with west coast suppliers and pacific rim development partners. Management seemed reasonable so maybe some flex time arrangement would work, but HP's employment system categorizing the work as a "day job" is just plain wrong.

I did not get the job because there was another candidate with the "inside track." Everyone was up-front about the situation so I wasn't offended at all. I looked at it as some good interview experience.