The interview process was straightforward. It went as they said it would: a panel interview followed by one-on-ones, and then a tour of the facility.

I was surprised at how young and the lack of diversity of the population, and it showed in the interview questions. Lots of fundamental questions from back in college, which honestly was surprising considering I've been working for 8+ years. But also, it makes sense since they all look like they've been working for less than 5 years—and they're the experienced staff.

I'm almost sure why I didn't get an offer (stumbled on a few of the fundamental questions because I forgot the formula), but that just shows the lack of experience in the staff. When you don't have experience hiring, you have to fall back on an unbiased system (i.e., asking fundamental questions). But in doing so, you're missing an entire population who is experienced and can solve problems. Perhaps they don't know all the formulas off the top of their head, but they know the engineering concepts and how to deliver results.

Anyway, it was a fair process, but I think their lack of experience is causing a lot of issues in all aspects of the organization.

Draw a shear and moment diagram of a beam with a point load at the end.