I was first recruited at my university's career fair and set up an interview the next day.

It was pretty general, just asking personal questions and a lot about my resume. I got lucky though, because the recruiter didn't see on my resume that I'd done a presentation in the past. He commented that if he had, he would have made me do it for the first interview. So, be prepared!

I had a second phone interview with two quality engineers at the same time. They went into even more detail about my resume and threw in a few technical questions, but mainly they just wanted to know about projects I have worked on and what machines I have used.

The third interview, they flew me out to Dallas, and it was a day-long affair. There were 8 of us split into 2 groups, but they made it explicit we weren't there for the same job, which was a huge relief.

First half was a presentation given by a recent new hire (less than a year with the company), so it was easy to identify with them and more relaxed.

Then lunch, where you can meet supervisors and managers, which was a great networking experience.

After lunch came our 20-minute technical presentation and then 2 separate interviews. The hardest part of the day was the presentation, but everyone was really nice, so it wasn't too stressful. The fact that there were other students present at this point actually helped a lot, so we could kind of cheer each other up.

If you have a really technical project that pertains to the job field, definitely go into a lot of detail with it for the presentation. I did, and the rest of my interviews weren't technical because of that.

The interview processes for other positions are a lot different though, and you might not get to do a presentation. I know for design, they set up a whiteboard and have you draw things for them.

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