I applied through college or university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Extreme Engineering Solutions (X-ES) (Middleton, WI) in Oct 2014
Interview
I interviewed once on campus and once at the company. The on campus interview is with Human Resources and it is very laid back. The on-site interview was with two engineers and also included a tour of the company. This interview was laid back as well. The engineers asked several technical questions. Overall, a positive experience.
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Question 1
The engineers will probe your mind to see how much you know and to try to evaluate the way you think. They intentionally ask questions that you will not know the answer to so that they can try to gauge your thought process by seeing what your first attempts would be. They will give you hints and teach you stuff throughout the problems to see where you go next.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Extreme Engineering Solutions (X-ES)
Interview
Got interview through engineering career fair. Brief interview with HR on-campus followed by longer, secondary interview on-site. For the technical portion, I was not unnecessarily tested, but they were definitely listening to my explanations very carefully.
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Question 1
Describe a project that you worked on either during or separate from your coursework.
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Extreme Engineering Solutions (X-ES)
Interview
The interview was relatively quick and straightforward. There were no trick questions asked and they just wanted a genuine sense of the kind of person and engineer I was. The entire thing lasted an hour maybe.
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Question 1
They asked about personal projects I was involved in.
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Extreme Engineering Solutions (X-ES) (Middleton, WI) in Oct 2014
Interview
X-ES hires a substantial number of coops to handle a large portion of their low to mid level tasks. They seem to hire all of the applicants that they feel are qualified to do the work. (I base this assumption on the email blasts I have gotten from my college's career services department multiple semesters about how X-ES is not getting enough applicants.)
I am a well qualified senior with past work experience, so the bulk of my interview time was spent on the engineering manager explaining the various areas I could work in and asking which of those I would find acceptable. This is probably not a representative experience for juniors and below.
X-ES sent me an offer a week later. They were my last interview out of ten I did this semester and they were the first to get back to me by almost two weeks. If you want to pursue other interview processes to their completion, you may want to delay interviewing with X-ES.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They use academics as a first approximation for work ethic and reliability. Be prepared to defend a questionable history.