I was flown in for college interviews along with 50 or so other people. First, we were taken out on the town and treated to dinner. We spent the night at the Hyatt by the river, which was nice.

On the day of the interview, we first talked to the HR recruiter, then we were interviewed in a large room where many hiring managers were present. What happened next was very similar to speed dating.

Each interviewee had an assigned seat, where they were interviewed by their assigned potential manager. Every 30 minutes, the managers would all rotate seats (musical chairs style) and talk to their next potential candidate.

Each manager had hiring authority, so if one manager liked you, you were in. I had 3 interviews that day, so in theory, I could have gotten 3 separate offers.

The manager who hired me just wanted to know what I liked to do on the weekends because my resume already showed that I had technical knowledge. Other managers asked me to tell them everything I knew about BIOS programming, which was zero.