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Interview 1: Informational interview Talking with HR Fit for the role they are looking for The job description was important (Python and C++) were the main talking points. Interview 2: Behavioral Questions + Small technical Talking with hiring manager Behavioral questions Past projects I worked on Tell me about a time you did not align well with your manager? Interview 3: Take home assessment PID controller and how it worked PID Vs. Bang Bang controller Pros and Cons Which will you choose for an autonomous system Programming Update the code and make it more optimizable Create a test plan Intro, objectives, test scenarios and test cases Interview 4: In-depth technical + programming ** 30 mins (Behavioral) Explanation of my past controller projects PD Exoskeleton Challenges LQR Min Seg project Sensors (gyroscope and accelerometer) why do they work well with each other? Behavioral questions Tell me about a time you did not align well with your manager? PID controllers Testing my knowledge on their function Which will lead the state error to be 0 30 mins (Programming Q’s) C++ State variables and state references * What are they and how could you change them? How do you edit a variable across the code? Public, etc. State machines and optimization using X ***
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Controls Engineer

Interviewed at Mainspring Energy

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Dec 13, 2024

Interview 1: Informational interview Talking with HR Fit for the role they are looking for The job description was important (Python and C++) were the main talking points. Interview 2: Behavioral Questions + Small technical Talking with hiring manager Behavioral questions Past projects I worked on Tell me about a time you did not align well with your manager? Interview 3: Take home assessment PID controller and how it worked PID Vs. Bang Bang controller Pros and Cons Which will you choose for an autonomous system Programming Update the code and make it more optimizable Create a test plan Intro, objectives, test scenarios and test cases Interview 4: In-depth technical + programming ** 30 mins (Behavioral) Explanation of my past controller projects PD Exoskeleton Challenges LQR Min Seg project Sensors (gyroscope and accelerometer) why do they work well with each other? Behavioral questions Tell me about a time you did not align well with your manager? PID controllers Testing my knowledge on their function Which will lead the state error to be 0 30 mins (Programming Q’s) C++ State variables and state references * What are they and how could you change them? How do you edit a variable across the code? Public, etc. State machines and optimization using X ***

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