I applied online on their jobs website in July 2014. I did not hear anything for several weeks and tried contacting several Siemens HR people without success.

I finally emailed my resume to a person I had worked with several years before at that company. He was able to get it to the hiring manager.

The hiring manager called me for a quick phone interview the last week of August 2014. We basically talked about why I wanted to leave my present company and what I knew about the position I was interested in.

I met the hiring manager for lunch the next Friday and we talked about my background and general Q&A back and forth. Everything went well, and I was scheduled for a panel interview with two senior managers about a week and a half later.

During the panel interview, we talked about strengths and weaknesses, former positions, and future goals.

This position works directly with a high-level customer, so I had to meet with the customer's representatives before they would make me an offer. There were no real technical questions discussed during the customer interview, just ensuring there would not be any personality issues.

Everything went well, and I did receive an offer a few days later.

Role play between an unhappy customer and the lead engineer (me) discussing engineering and communication failures.