1. Interview with recruiter. I asked how I should prepare for the upcoming interviews. All they told me is they’d ask about fundamentals and anything is fair game: statics, stress, heat transfer, and my current experience. They’re going to hone in on how I solve problems and my “intellectual creativity”.

2. Interview with engineering manager. He asked about my background and about problems I solved, and went very deep about process improvement and how I could improve the current process I’m working on.

3. Interview with tech lead. She asked me about my experience at my current company, then asked for details about my current role and how to optimize the process as much as possible. She then asked about one of my proudest achievements. At the end, she asked how I would lift a large 1/4” thick, 10’ x 10’ cylinder across the factory floor. (It was a fun conversation!)

4. They invited me for an on-site interview. However, they rescinded the on-site interview, stating, “the team reviewed their needs and decided to handle their headcount a different way.” Nonetheless, it was one of the best interviews I ever had, and I had a lot of fun speaking with this team.

How would you lift a large 1/4” thick cylinder, 10’ x 10’, across the factory floor?