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On interviewer spoke broken english and was very hard to understand, asked textbook and theory questions and not in a very clear process, seemed like he Googled and wrote down a bunch of questions from a search to ask prior to the interview, saw notes and theory written on a legal pad. Asking questions on free body diagrams, mechanics and thermodynamics, like write and explain Gibbs free energy equation and explain the three laws of thermodynamics. Did not ask too much that would be used daily as the job was described, the theory can be referenced in a book or Googled when needed, people do it all the time and little is used daily unless you work in a research. No applicable skills and appears this person was a recent fresher with not too much practical experience in the field.
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Senior Staff/Principal Mechanical Engineer

Interviewed at Arlo Technologies

4.4
Aug 16, 2018

On interviewer spoke broken english and was very hard to understand, asked textbook and theory questions and not in a very clear process, seemed like he Googled and wrote down a bunch of questions from a search to ask prior to the interview, saw notes and theory written on a legal pad. Asking questions on free body diagrams, mechanics and thermodynamics, like write and explain Gibbs free energy equation and explain the three laws of thermodynamics. Did not ask too much that would be used daily as the job was described, the theory can be referenced in a book or Googled when needed, people do it all the time and little is used daily unless you work in a research. No applicable skills and appears this person was a recent fresher with not too much practical experience in the field.

Hiring manager asked mostly general resume and experience questions. No behavioral interviewing questions were asked. The technical experts asked question about specific equipment experience. He wanted past case studies on troubleshooting and problem solving techniques.
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Member of Technical Staff Equipment Engineer

Interviewed at GlobalFoundries

3.7
Jul 14, 2016

Hiring manager asked mostly general resume and experience questions. No behavioral interviewing questions were asked. The technical experts asked question about specific equipment experience. He wanted past case studies on troubleshooting and problem solving techniques.

Pleasant conversation about your past experience and how you can relevant to their company and engineering goals. Technology stack match up matters to win leader's confidence and relative experience in engineering field.
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Staff Software Engineer

Interviewed at Super.com

3.5
Jan 15, 2025

Pleasant conversation about your past experience and how you can relevant to their company and engineering goals. Technology stack match up matters to win leader's confidence and relative experience in engineering field.

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