Unfortunately, my experience with the interview process was quite unprofessional. The interviewer seemed more focused on quizzing me with questions rather than having a meaningful conversation. When I asked questions about the role and the company, my questions were either ignored or answered with unrelated information. It felt like there was a lack of genuine engagement or interest from their side, which left a negative impression.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Medtronic (Memphis, TN)
Interview
Received an email asking for an in person interview later that week.
It was a 7 person panel. 1 HR, 2 managers, 2 senior engineers, 1 mid level engineer, and one junior engineer seated around a table, introduced themselves and explained the process and took turns asking questions about my resume, and then used situational questions. "Tell me of a time when..."
They were very friendly, and tried to make it a lot less stressful than it could have been.
Fast, brief. It was for placement for college. Compulsory as part of the course. 9months total, paid. 2 interviews, both the same 2 people from the company. Note that I could not throw the interview (even if it was in another county) as it's first-come-first-serve so if I was picked I had to go with them. Was lucky I'm living in Galway anyway.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
(relating to a part-time job in retail) if you had a difficult customer who was shouting, how would you de-escelate the situation?
The process was relatively simple. There was first a call with a senior member of the team. Then there was a longer video call with the whole team with several short segments of small groups of interviewers. Lastly, there was a segment with just the manager.