I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Medtronic (San Jose, CA) in May 2018
Interview
The interview for entry-level R&D Engineer was an all-day process that involved one-on-one questions with all the members of the team (hiring manager plus 3 other more senior engineers). They were very friendly, however, it felt like an exam of constant behavioral and technical questions all day, which was intimidating and left me drained by the time I was one-on-one with the final team member.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you reverse engineer some of their products
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Medtronic
Interview
Chat with recruiter and then hour long call with hiring manager. No technical questions, just chatted about recent projects and a few behavioral style questions. I only chatted with one person for the hiring manager interview
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a medical device project you worked on.
It was a pretty standard screening call with talent acquisition first. Then I had a video call with the hiring manager. I never heard back after that, but a couple months later got notified that the job was closed.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you approach switching to a new material for a device component?
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Medtronic (Minneapolis, MN)
Interview
The interview process consisted of 3 rounds including two 3-person panel second round interviews. I made it to through the second round interviews without ever speaking with the hiring manager.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What would you do in a scenario where the hiring manager gave you an aggressive timeline to complete a task without much information and then left on vacation for 2 weeks?