The interview process was an all-day event (8 a.m. to 5 p.m.).

Fifty or so potential hires showed up to the event. It started with breakfast in the morning.

Tours of various Ford facilities/historic sites in Dearborn, MI followed.

The first round of interviewing was about noon, after lunch. It was a monitored group discussion with other potential hires.

Prior to the interview day, we were given a made-up scenario that Ford received extra funds to be used, and some options were given on how the money should be used.

Each potential hire had to choose from the options on how the money should be spent and discuss/defend your choice among the other potential hires.

After that, there was more sightseeing and, about three o'clock, another more formal interview with a hiring manager and an HR rep. The interview was about 30 minutes.

There was no discussion about what was on my resume. There were some formal interview questions and some behavior-type questions, like: "Your boss wants you to ship parts that are knowingly nonconforming; do you ship the parts? How would you handle the scenario?"

We were told that hiring decisions would be made based on those two interview processes and we would know if we were going to be presented a job offer that same day.

After the two rounds of interviews, we had a dinner with hiring managers. We were broken into smaller groups, and each group had two hiring managers that we were expected to interact with and get more perspective on the job. This dinner had no bearing on the hiring decision.

After the dinner, we found out if we would receive a job offer or not.

This was a great hiring process. I was intimidated at first by it being an all-day event and the number of potential hires, but it all worked out well.

When was the last time you took a risk?

Give STAR (Situation, Task, Action, Results).