The whole process took a little over a month.

I was contacted by a recruiter via email for a position I applied for last year. It began with a short phone interview with the recruiter, followed a week later by a 1-hour long technical phone interview with one of the engineering managers.

Two weeks later, I was brought on-site for interviews. This was a very long day, but an awesome experience.

It started first thing in the morning with a technical interview with a group of engineering managers. They went in-depth with everything on my resume. The large majority of the questions were focused on my master's degree work and the work I did in graduate school. With an advanced degree, you should be prepared to answer any and every kind of question related to your research.

That was followed by a lunch interview, a tour of the test site, an interview with the recruiter, and one final interview with a higher-level manager.

One week later, I had a technical phone interview with one of the VPs. A few days later, I was offered the position.

In-depth questions about graduate research and every project that I worked on while in grad school.

Questions about research topics, reasons for decisions made, and prodding to see if you know your own work.