I was contacted by a recruiter by email and text message who had seen my resume on Monster. Usually, I am leery of such unsolicited contacts. Nonetheless, we set up a brief phone conversation, after which she asked if I would like to come in to interview for the position. Within the week, I was invited to the corporate headquarters to interview. I met with a current research associate (the position for which I was applying), a supervisor, and the manager of corporate recruiting. With the research associate, she showed me the process for reviewing resumes and then transitioned to having me analyze some resumes and decide whether or not I would forward them to a recruiter. With the supervisor, we discussed more behavioral and experience-related questions. The manager asked difficult questions about how I dealt with challenges in the past, and said she was looking for someone with a "coding" mindset, which I was not sure I could provide. Despite being told by the initial recruiter by phone that McMaster Carr only conducts one-round interviews, the corporate recruiting manager asked if I would be willing to complete an assignment so that she could gain a better understanding of how my skill set would be an asset to the position. I was tasked with identifying candidates for a hypothetical opening within the company. This was particularly challenging without the resources that a typical recruiting researcher would have (premium subscriptions to LinkedIn, Monster, etc.) but I enjoyed the assignment. I went back to the office to present my findings and discuss them with the recruitment manager. Within a few days, I received an email from the recruiting manager saying that they were very impressed with my work, and was contacted by the recruiting supervisor to discuss the details of my offer. I was weighing McMaster's offer with another company's, and my contacts were very accommodating and understanding of my need to take a bit of time.