I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (Pullman, WA) in Feb 2012
Interview
Directly ask simple technical questions on power system concepts, protection, power flow calculation, conductor selection. Easy but need solid power system background, their main interests are on power system protection, such as the setting of relay.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What factors influence the power delivered through conductors?
I interviewed at Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories
Interview
Hard process. Lots of time and effort required. 1 hour panel interview to start. Then a half day in person interview and dinner with team. Deliver a presentation to the team. Follow up 1 hour interview with managers.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories
Interview
I was interviewed for the automation role. Question were asked from all the communication protocol, network architecture, familiarity with SEL products. Basic programming and SEL RTAC experience. OSI layer and how much you are familiar with the SCADA
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (Pullman, WA) in Jul 2019
Interview
The interview process takes more than 1 month. The first round was a normal behavior phone interview and it took about 30 minutes. The lady was friendly and energized. After more than 3 weeks, the hr called me again and scheduled an onsite interview a few days later. Since I haven't done it yet, so nothing to share.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
In the first phone interview, they asked the company's values, my background, some projects that I have done, one mistake I have made in the past and how did I deal with it, some other technical questions like knowledge about the relay, etc.