I applied online. I interviewed at First Solar (Toledo, OH) in Aug 2018
Interview
First 30 minutes phone interview with a recruiter then full day on site interview. About 5, one hour interviews with engineers, hiring manager, senior scientists. Most of them are nice. Group lunch with other engineers. 15 minutes presentation. Hiring Manager looked not interested in interviewing me. He was yawning during the interview. Looked liked he already has made a decision. It was a waste of time.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions related your graduate work
Why First Solar?
1. Interview with recruiter
2. Individual interview with hiring manager/engineer
3. Research presentation and individual interviews with various team member of different backgrounds (In-person or virtual depends)
4. Interview follow-up
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- Research based questions
- Broad knowledge of field
- Coursework understanding
- Behavioral questions
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at First Solar (Santa Clara, CA) in Jun 2019
Interview
Received email for a phone interview. The whole phone interview is talking about the job related knowledge and some personal routine questions. The whole phone interview is about 30 min and questions were asked is not hard to answer if you are in the industry.
Reviewd Resume and asked about basic behavioral questions it was a phone interview and questions were based on relating resume to a job description interviewer spoke really fast to cover all the qustions he wanted to ask
