I had applied through an online website but I don't remember where exactly. I ended up getting called in for an on site interview. The one in Creedmoor prefers that so they can show off the plant. It's a nice facility and is very impressive from that standpoint. Smart move on there end to try and get you hooked while in the building. Like most larger engineering companies they have their engineers divided into different groups. If I remember correctly they had 3 main ones: Manufacturing, Product development and Application. The product development engineers were the ones responsible for coming up with new products for the general market. The one in Creedmoor specialized in derricks I think (?). So they would help bring new ones to market. Then the application engineers would take the new designs from the product engineers and tweak them to their client's specific needs/wants. Manufacturing obviously sees that they are built. So when I went in I had individual interviews with lat least 2 different people from each group. So its a fairly long process. Not your typical 30-60 min kind of thing. So depending on what kind of personality you have that may be draining or it could be exciting to talk with and interact with so many different people. Pretty much everyone is very accommodating and helpful from my experience. Typically they would all ask about different things on your resume and if they felt impressed they would ask random questions off the cuff. So not nearly as behavioral based as a lot of companies. Despite the fact that Altec has an HR department it seemed that the engineers really drove the selection process and as such the interviewing was far more technical than behavioral. Altec, in Creedmoor atleast, really seemed to focus on Co-op Opportunites. They have a good relationship with the local universities in NC for pulling in Co-op kids. So if your looking for an internship you're fighting an uphill battle. They much prefer bringing someone on for 3 different terms so that they can rotate you through the different departments.

They asked a good amount of questions and they answered most of mine clearly, especially for the amount that I had. Very friendly during the process. At times it seemed as though they didn’t have the answers to all my question but they were able to get it in some way.