Senior Hardware Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Continental with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 68.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Hardware Engineer roles take an average of 21 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Continental overall takes an average of 26 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Continental as a Senior Hardware Engineer according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 25%
Background check: 13%
IQ intelligence test: 13%
Group panel interview: 13%
Personality test: 13%
One on one interview: 13%
Presentation: 13%
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Continental (Guadalajara, Jalisco) in May 2017
Interview
Two set of interviews. One with the local team and one with Engineers in the US. Both Technical but not too focused on soft skills. Either focused on company values.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What do you do if you need to transition an analog signal from 12Vpp to a 5V microcontroller input? What is the rising time of a signal of 15% Duty Cycle and a frequency of 20kHz? What is an ADC? What types of ADCs do you know? What is the nyquist theorem? What did you do in your last job? What improvements did you do in your last job? Is it important to document your work and why? What design considerations you need to pick a component? What do you need to consider to pick a design over other? answer: time, cost, temperature, voltage, frequency, current consumption
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Continental (Sibiu) in Aug 2021
Interview
Smooth, both interpersonal skills and technical skills were reviewed. Everything went well, no stupid questions.
Interview was in english
You have to understand digital&analog electronics, and the questions are based on your experience & matching the job needs
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I received a schematic and I was asked to explain it