I applied through other source. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Applied Technologies Associates (Paso Robles, CA) in Jan 2014
Interview
I returned to be interviewed four separate times. It seemed as though all people that needed to approve my qualifications could not be bothered at the same time. Each interview was a collection of one or more of the people I had seen on the prior visit.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Do I recognize all the different prototyping products used? Described the use of each and any circumstance where they might not be appropriate.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Applied Technologies Associates in Mar 2014
Interview
ATA hires mostly in the early part of the year, as part of their annual budget process. The recruiter that I dealt with was very professional and friendly. After an initial phone screen, she connected me with the hiring manager.
The next interview was a phone interview, with the hiring manager and two senior employees in the department. They started off with a number of typical behavioral interview questions - nothing too unexpected. They then proceeded into technical questions related to embedded systems development - nothing too intense, but certainly the kind of things that would filter out someone who didn't know what the job was about. Apparently I knew enough to proceed to the next step.
The next, and final, interview was on site with the same 3 interviewers. Questions again were first behavioral and then technical, and were deeper. Behavioral questions were some of the tougher ones, but not abstract and meant to throw you for a loop. Although I didn't necessarily have great answers for them all, they weren't so tough that I was at a complete loss. The technical questions ranged from low-level programming to high-level problem solving.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
None of the questions stuck out as exceptionally difficult or unexpected.