Engineering Technician Interview Experience - DuPont, Washington
September 13, 2013
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Process
As an out-of-state applicant, I underwent an hour-long phone screen with the Test Engineer. The questions were technical and primarily related to the lab and products I would be working with. Some questions were overly difficult and unrelated, serving two purposes:
- To see if I would embellish my experience (they wanted me to admit when I didn't know things).
- To assess my ability to work out answers with guidance and provided information.
After passing the phone screen, I met with the hiring manager, lead technician, one engineer, and two junior technicians with different specialties.
- The manager asked for details about my work history.
- The lead technician asked personality questions.
- The engineer posed very technical questions.
- The two technicians asked operational questions about best practices for data collection, test setup, and my experience in specific skill sets.
Questions
The most difficult question I had was from the Test Engineer over the phone. He knew I had taken a good bit of chemistry and physics, and that one of my hobbies was learning about the cosmos. So, he asked me to generally explain the basic process of nuclear fission as it related to a star. Obviously, nothing related to computers.
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Intel's interview process for their Engineering Technician roles in DuPont, Washington is incredibly easy as the vast majority of engineers get an offer after going through it.
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Intel Work Experiences
5.0
Validated Designs, Learned A Lot
Engineering Technician • Current Employee
DuPont, Washington, United States
March 6, 2016
Pros: Validate network server design, platform power management, and verify system functionality.
Cons: It is great working for the company and I would recommend it to friends. Bring more skills.
4.0
Good company, lots of opportunities, average pay, bad middle management, constant state of flux
Engineering Technician • Former Employee
DuPont, Washington, United States
September 13, 2013
Pros: There are lots of opportunities to learn new skills and challenge yourself. There are also a lot of smart people to learn from, and coworkers are generally very generous with knowledge.
Risk-taking and outside-of-the-box thinking are both valued and encouraged, but admittedly only so much. If you are unhappy with your job or simply looking for a new challenge, there are always plenty of jobs around the country and world to transfer to. In fact, you are encouraged to change jobs every 3 to 5 years.
Pay is above average for lower-end jobs (mail room, manufacturing assemblers, building maintenance, etc.) as well as for higher-end jobs (principal engineers, business unit managers, etc.). For those of us in the middle, the pay is average or sometimes below average.
Cons: The two biggest cons are: 1) constant threat of layoffs due to structure & efficiency gains, and 2) middle management is clueless. I worked in one team for 8 years. During that time, we had 4 restructurings, were split 2 times, and merged 2 times. All of those led to 5 rounds of layoffs. The constant change in the charter of the group, type of work, and threat of losing your job is not good for morale. Add to that the fact that middle management is there because they are not qualified to do the work, but they are the ones doing your yearly review. It makes it very difficult to get promotions.
4.0
Bring your "A" game
Engineering Technician • Current Employee
DuPont, Washington, United States
July 18, 2008
Pros: Cutting-edge technology and very smart people.
Cons: Extremely tight schedules with no allocations for slips in design.
- 5.0Validated Designs, Learned A LotEngineering Technician • Current EmployeeDuPont, Washington, United StatesMarch 6, 2016Pros: Validate network server design, platform power management, and verify system functionality.Cons: It is great working for the company and I would recommend it to friends. Bring more skills.
- 4.0Good company, lots of opportunities, average pay, bad middle management, constant state of fluxEngineering Technician • Former EmployeeDuPont, Washington, United StatesSeptember 13, 2013Pros: There are lots of opportunities to learn new skills and challenge yourself. There are also a lot of smart people to learn from, and coworkers are generally very generous with knowledge. Risk-taking and outside-of-the-box thinking are both valued and encouraged, but admittedly only so much. If you are unhappy with your job or simply looking for a new challenge, there are always plenty of jobs around the country and world to transfer to. In fact, you are encouraged to change jobs every 3 to 5 years. Pay is above average for lower-end jobs (mail room, manufacturing assemblers, building maintenance, etc.) as well as for higher-end jobs (principal engineers, business unit managers, etc.). For those of us in the middle, the pay is average or sometimes below average.Cons: The two biggest cons are: 1) constant threat of layoffs due to structure & efficiency gains, and 2) middle management is clueless. I worked in one team for 8 years. During that time, we had 4 restructurings, were split 2 times, and merged 2 times. All of those led to 5 rounds of layoffs. The constant change in the charter of the group, type of work, and threat of losing your job is not good for morale. Add to that the fact that middle management is there because they are not qualified to do the work, but they are the ones doing your yearly review. It makes it very difficult to get promotions.
- 4.0Bring your "A" gameEngineering Technician • Current EmployeeDuPont, Washington, United StatesJuly 18, 2008Pros: Cutting-edge technology and very smart people.Cons: Extremely tight schedules with no allocations for slips in design.
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