My interview process was apparently a little different due to me being on the other side of the country. I had two phone interviews with recruiters from the company, then I was invited to a local interview event.

I had never felt as good as I had interviewing with the people I met there; they were all intelligent, easy to get along with, and driven. The feedback I had gotten was that they needed people with my skill set, and I really got along with everyone well.

I was told interviewees usually go through many more people, though. I only had to interview with four different people on the first round. When I got to the later rounds, they indicated they wanted me to take a job as a mechanical engineer, which is odd, as I'm an electrical engineer.

It seems to me that trying to shift people from their disciplines does not serve them or the prospective employee. It smells of desperation to get people in the door, which seems to fall in line with what I've read in reviews of the job.

The last correspondence I had with them, they made condescending remarks about me contacting them "when I'm serious about a job." Given they wanted me to change disciplines, this seems rather pretentious and raises major flags with me. As such, I decided not to contact them back.

I understand feeling the company is demanding; I was told you work seven days a week, and the pay is low for the valley. The culture appears to be friendly and casual, but demanding.

I do, as I indicated, have serious concerns about longevity issues, given the company's propensity to bait-and-switch, overworking, and underpaying employees.

They had a test that, if I had been recently out of school, I probably would have done better. Though being in the field for several years, these are not things that are actually used in the real world. If they are, they are used rarely, and you look them up when you encounter them.