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Engineering at Swagelok
Posted Nov 29, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2010 in Solon, OH (took a day)
I liked Every thing about the company and the interview process was smooth and as usual. very friendly HR department. after a 30 min phone interview, I did a 1:1 interview at Swagelok. It was long and challenging. It turned out that they sponsor for internationals but I had a good interview experience with them.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Engineering at Swagelok
Posted Feb 6, 2011
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2010 (took 8 weeks)
I was recruited by a local recruiter for an engineering position at Swagelock
during the spring of 2010. Interviewing at Swagelok was unlike any other
experience or interview I've have ever encountered or heard of.
Screening-
I went through (3) three phone interviews that took about 30 minutes to an hour each.
This was then followed by (3) three on site interviews at their facility.
Six times I took off work to accommodate their schedules at my own expense for the
phone and on site interviews. The total process took about 8 weeks.
I really didn’t get the impression that they were interested in hiring me or anyone.
They seem to want information concerning software that I had used
in the last few years; that was the only questions they kept asking me.
They wanted to know about the difficulty, problems and integration with said software.
It was as if they were buying new software and they wanted input from people who had
used it.
There wasn’t a technical test or skill test.
I responded with a thank you and follow up letter after each interview. After the last interview
I never heard back from them. I had to call the recruiter 3 times to find out that they had
decided to look elsewhere to fill the position, he even had a hard time connecting with them.
Side note here - The interviews were during the worst Ohio spring weather we had in years.
At the time of the last interview there was driving hard rain, tornado warnings, flood warnings,
high wind and hail. I traveled there thru all of this anyway and on time. I didn't ask to be
rescheduled for a later time or different day due to the weather nor did I complain.
For safety concerns the interview should have been postponed.
What an experience-
Left me wondering about the ethics and business conduct of the company.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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IT at Swagelok
Posted Oct 21, 2010
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3.0
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2010 in Solon, OH (took 2 months)
Interviewing at Swagelok was unlike any other experience I've ever encountered. I was contacted through a recruiting agency about a IT position they were seeking to fill. I went on my initial interview not expecting a whole lot. Your typical "meet and greet" and then off I'd go waiting for the second round. Well, it went as I thought it would go and I did get a call back for a second interview...Then a call back for a third...Then a fourth...Then a fifth....Then a sixth...I am NOT kidding. I interviewed at Swagelok SIX times over a TWO MONTH time span. That's back and forth to their facility all six times with a possible SEVENTH interview scheduled!!!
After the first two interviews, which were more technical skill based, the remainder of my interviews were more "personality" based. Swagelok takes huge pride in assuring that each employee has the right "stuff" to fit in with the rest of their employees. I was told that the lengthy interviewing process was "deliberate" and that HR was hoping to change their hiring policies someday...Well, don't hold your breath, because after seeing what I've seen that isn't going to happen any time soon.
The technical interviews were fairly standard and pretty painless. Everyone there was pretty nice to me. The only problem I have with Swagelok is that they could dramatically reduce the number of interviews if they would just start their process backwards. That is, if the final interviews (my sixth and seventh) are going to be with the Director of IS Operations and the Chief Information Officer...Why not start there and weed the potential candidates out? That's where I failed in Swagelok's interviewing process. The guy that I interviewed with (He would have been my Supervisor) liked me and was pushing for me to get the position. That guy's boss liked me too. So did the three other people (unrelated to my position there) as well. It wasn't until I interviewed with the Director of IS Operations did I lose my footing for the position.
The feedback I received was that I didn't seem "excited" enough about the position and that some of my answers were shorter than expected. Really? Well, Swagelok, let me clue you into something: Maybe I should have done some cartwheels and back flips, but after six interviews, most of which were personality assessments, a candidate tends to get a little bored with the SAME questions! Each interview was at least an hour, so in total, that would be six or seven hours of the same round of questioning by different individuals!
By the way, Swagelok makes special pressurized fitting and fixtures for fluid technologies. Fittings and fixtures. Excited yet? C'mon. The position I applied for was in IT. It has nothing to do with the actual manufacturing, design or implementation of said fittings and fixtures. The position was all about data and storage. So, excuse me if I'm not doing jumping jacks about the product. Maybe it's because the position has little to do with the actual product.
In short, Swagelok seems to care more about a candidate's personality and behavior assessment than whether, or not a candidate can perform the actual position. The interviewing process was a bit self-defeating and towards the end it really was pointless in meeting with the higher up staff that would rarely have any interaction with the candidate's position. There were way too many redundant interviews and stretching over two months it was really excessive. Like I said, if you are going to let the Director or CIO of the company can a candidate based of their inner gut feelings and not on performance, or skill set concerns then they should just start at the top and quit wasting people's time and money. Swagelok must spend a fortune on this interviewing process.
So, if you are an extremely patient person and are willing to jump through all of Swagelok's hoops then by all means apply to this company.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.
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Engineering at Swagelok
Posted Sep 7, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2009 (took a day)
Before getting the opportunity to interview, there was an initial phone screening. After that, there was an online skills assessment before I was offered the interview. During the first part of the interview the hr person went over my scores on the skills and personality assessment and how it fit with their needs. It looked like I was a pretty good fit from that perspective. There were interviews with 3 other individuals that were mostly concerned about technical details of my work experience. I didn't have experience in their field, which is what I think hurt my chances.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Skills Test.
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