I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Medtronic (Minneapolis, MN) in Aug 2018
Interview
I interviewed with the hiring manager and two others from his group. Each interview lasted about 30 minutes. There was not a lot of time to ask my questions, but I felt they covered the job description well.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They had a booklet of standard questions from various categories.
Name a time you had a conflict. mostly behavioral questions.
First, they will ask you for your personal information then will ask questions about metals and their characteristics, production processes as the passivation, knurling, laser marking.
You will have to be able to describe a project and explain the reason and the rationale for theatrical you chose and the dimensions you employed.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Medtronic (Northridge, CA) in Oct 2021
Interview
I had a total of 8 interviews for this position. Two interviews with managers within R&D then 6 interviews with a various other engineers and managers within R&D. The process took about 1-1.5 months and interviews were generally about past experiences and contained many questions attempting to assess my behavior and personality.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a situation at a previous job where you were dissatisfied with how something unfolded.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Medtronic in Dec 2020
Interview
Very fair interview process. Initially a phone screening with different people and then a five interviews with different engineers. Good practice even though I did not receive the job. Will keep applying in the future.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Experience, CAD, leadership, skills, and other topics
Mechanical Design Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Medtronic with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Mechanical Design Engineer roles take an average of 30 days to get hired, when considering 6 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 Mechanical Design Engineer according to 6 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 26%
Phone interview: 21%
Drug test: 11%
Presentation: 11%
Background check: 11%
IQ intelligence test: 11%
Group panel interview: 5%
Skills test: 5%
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