I applied online as a mechanical engineer, and the system automatically placed me in the application for the Engineering Development Group (EDG) - Application Support Engineer. The process began with a programming challenge on HackerRank a week after applying. Two weeks after passing the programming challenge, I had a technical phone interview with one of their Application Support Engineers in EDG. This one-hour interview solely tested my technical skills.

The onsite interview occurred three weeks after the phone call. This half-day interview included a technical interview with Application Support Engineers in EDG, a meeting with the hiring manager, lunch and a tour with another Application Support Engineer, and concluded with a meeting with a technical recruiter.

The technical recruiter promised to provide a decision within one week, but she never followed up or replied. The application system ultimately showed "Match not ideal at this time."

All technical interviews consist of:

One focus area that you feel most comfortable with. Options include:

• Object-Oriented Design: software design, advanced OOP concepts
• Control Systems: classical control, modern control, and non-linear systems
• Signals Processing: concepts such as aliasing, convolution, and transforms
• Embedded Systems: Real-Time Operating Systems, scheduling, and general OS concepts

Programming concepts: Programming constructs, data structures, object-oriented programming concepts. Any 2 of the following 4 choices in programming languages:

• C/C++
• MATLAB or Python
• Java
• Web Programming (JavaScript, HTML/HTML5, XML)

Math, problem-solving, and application of:

• Discrete math, computation, and algorithm theory, etc., OR
• Calculus, differential equations, and linear algebra, etc.

What is your weak point that you think your references will feedback on, according to the technical recruiter/HR?