I was contacted by YER recruiting agency for a job offer as a Software Design Engineer.

After discussing things over with the recruiter, a phone interview was arranged with an engineer from the company, mostly reviewing my experience and skills.

This turned out to go well, so I was offered a closer meeting.

One day before the interview, I was informed that there would first be a one-year contract with the recruiting agency, and then, if things went well, a transfer to ASML would be arranged. This is a very important thing if relocation is required. They were, however, very helpful in assisting me with several things during the interview process.

There was a 3-hour-long interview that included mostly group leader meetings and some technical discussions. The atmosphere appeared friendly; however, from my perspective, it looked like the internal management structure is really complex and rigid, which has a really bad effect on the day-to-day work for the engineers. I was repeatedly asked to provide reasons for wanting to work for the company without being offered any actual motives or insight into how the company actually works.

Many of the questions were centered on cliché questions (i.e., name three adjectives that would describe you; what would you say to the CEO of the company if you ran into him in one sentence to get him to promote you).

There was no further communication, and after my own inquiry, it appears that there was no offer, but no valid reason was stated. The recruiter claimed that he would ask about that and get back to me, but so far, there is no news.

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