The phone interview was very short. It was hardly 15 minutes. I was called to the company immediately. I gave a short presentation and all questions were reserved for the 1:1 interviews with 7 persons. The individual interviews were very detailed. I was baffled when I was asked the model number of one the tools I use and the size the screws. The lunch was the worst part of the interview. They bombarded me with questions from all sides and they kept sharing some inside jokes. Towards the end of the day, I was taken aback when I was told "you should be willing to unlearn the stuff you have learnt through your PhD."

I have read the previous posts on this site before the interview and after my interview, I will have to totally agree about what other people told about the whole process. With regards to technical questions, I felt that the interview was not difficult at all. They kept asking basic engineering/mechanical related questions (like experience with fixing things at your home/work, working with certain equipment etc etc). Throughout the interview, they stress about how aggressive the company is and they give clear hints about working crazy hours. Some of my interviews with senior managers got canceled and I had an opportunity to talk with junior engineers. For the salary that they would pay and the crazy work hours, I would never take up such a job that has no work/life balance. I decided right away that I would not work here and after what I experienced at lunch, I totally made up my mind. All the senior level managers and the R&D director took me out to lunch and they still kept asking questions that were totally unrelated to anything I have done before or for that matter anything related to the job I was interviewing for. They basically make you feel that your past work was worth nothing (for a PhD) and there is nothing interesting/challenging about your research. The managers and the director were talking about inside jokes, the past weekend activities and lot of other nonsense, which I felt was really stupid. Overall, the interviewers were very rude and arrogant. Their compensation is weak for the hours they expect you to work. The signs were all clear - A BIG NO NO!!!!!!