Senior R&D Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Medtronic with 2.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 45% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior R&D Engineer roles take an average of 19 days to get hired, when considering 11 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Medtronic overall takes an average of 34 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Medtronic as a Senior R&D Engineer according to 11 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 26%
One on one interview: 26%
Group panel interview: 19%
Background check: 11%
Drug test: 7%
Skills test: 7%
Personality test: 4%
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I applied through other source. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Medtronic (Saint Louis, MO) in Sep 2012
Interview
Started with a phone call from a former co-worker who is now a manager. Had two phone interviews discussing the position along with my qualifications. Finally scheduled a face-to-face interview. Met with multiple managers (personnel and project) during the interview. Overall interview time was a good 4 to 5 hours.
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What is your alma mater's fight song? Asked by a manager that went to the same college that I did.
Met with HR first then two interviews on site and toured the facility. Later on did another multi interview session over Zoom with three people (not all at once). Mostly behavioral questions and questions about experience, don’t think there were any technical ME questions.
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Question 1
They asked classic questions like strengths and weaknesses. Also asked me about how I would apply my experience there since I didn’t have much med device experience previously.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Medtronic in Aug 2024
Interview
Two hour teams call with six team members. They asked great questions about my experience and let me ask questions about theirs, Deep dived into everyone's role and how the collaboration works. More to see compatibility.
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What is would be your weakness towards this position?
Very Smooth process, but decision took a while and required lots of follow up. It seems that they had many candidates lined up for an interview. Overall, I had a positive experience.