I applied through university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Milwaukee Tool (Starkville, MS) in Mar 2019
Interview
On-campus interview. The interview was a semi-casual discussion to figure out whether you are a good fit for the company and what it is you would do there. It wasn't too intensive and the interviewer wasn't trying to interrogate you.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What are you greatest strength and your greatest weakness.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Milwaukee Tool (Milwaukee, WI) in Nov 2025
Interview
The mangers on the interviewing pool are very young, which I heard now is to only focus on the hiring practice of only new grads and to stay between age 25-35 years old. Having four interviews because a former coworker networked me in, I experienced first the lack of knowledge of industry best practices and management ageism in full view was the results. Explaining DMAIC, RCA, lean concepts in both in engineering design ties to manufacturing for DFMEA/PFMEA was met with confusion from the interviewing managers. Design engineering and manufacturing engineering competency tools all seemed very foreign and clueless to all the young hiring managers. Needless to say, 40 years of experience in fortune 100 companies practice and establishing engineer and business lean processes did not get me the role, or even any communications. Ghosted.
I applied through university. I interviewed at Milwaukee Tool
Interview
It was great. They were very kind and alert when I was speaking. They gave great feedback, and I was so happy for the opportunity to get to talk to them and learn more about the company.