Hypertherm Interview Questions

Application

I applied online. I interviewed at Hypertherm (Lebanon, NH (US)) in June 2019.

Interview

Thirty minute initial interview with company recruiter. Discussed what the company manufactures, the work shifts, number of personnel that you would be supervising. The hourly range of pay for this position.

Application

I applied online. I interviewed at Hypertherm.

Interview

The overall application and interview process went very smoothly. The Talent Acquisition team followed up quickly at each stage and kept me well-informed of what to expect next. Shortly after I submitted my application, I had a phone interview with a recruiter, then a phone interview with the hiring manager, followed by a full day of on-site interviews. Every step was well organized and respectful of me as a candidate. The process gave me a very positive impression of the organization and certainly impacted my decision to accept the offer!

Interview

Terrible candidate experience. Very slow, unreasonably long process. 4 months from application to end. Significant lack of communication and when it did happen, it was poorly handled. Every email began with an apology for their "delay" and thanking me for my "patience", and the rest was an impersonal form letter. In total, 14 hours of uninspiring interviews and took 3 weeks for hiring manager to connect with me. One interview was spent with a middle manager complaining and gossiping to me about his own colleagues and peers, and broken internal processes. They failed in every area of the candidate experience and turned me off from accepting a position with them. Hypertherm comes across in the interview process as having an exaggerated sense of their own importance. No, thank you.

Application

I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Hypertherm (Hanover, NH (US)).

Interview

Team approach, through a gauntlet of interviewers where each one is exploring a different area, i.e., culture fit, practical thinking, personality...
Interestingly enough even though they state they are looking for folks that have been successful in their role, once in they will impose their process and approach, and all past experience is not valued and out the window.

Application

I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Hypertherm (Manchester, NH (US)) in April 2017.

Interview

I applied online, and heard back within a week about my application being forwarded. First step Phone interview with recruiter, next step phone interview with an engineer, final step onsite interview with engineers

Application

I applied online. I interviewed at Hypertherm.

Interview

Had two phone interviews, then two interviews with management. Questions were fairly straightforward, although not necessarily on topic. Felt completely prepared for everything that they asked. Also was allowed a tour of the company to get a better picture of what I'd be working on.

Application

I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Hypertherm (Hanover, NH (US)) in September 2015.

Interview

Interview process is very disappointing. As an applicant you are made fully aware that your skills and experience mean absolutely nothing to the company. You must attend their "career fair" which consists of being herded into a room with several other applicants, you will all then listen to a half hour sales pitch about how great Hypertherm is. After the presentation you will all be moved to another room to take a ten minute math test, the problems are very basic. Once the math test times out, you will get a quick demonstration of a couple machines making parts. The group will then be sent to a waiting room to wait for the next available interviewer. The one on one interview is allowed to last a maximum of ten minutes...

If you are selected from the first group, you will be asked to return for phase two. Phase two also instills the idea that all applicants are simply warm bodies to stand at machines all day, no skills required. After sitting in a room with several other applicants for a time, you will again all be herded into a room. This time, instead of a presentation, you will all be seated at a computer that walks you through a very long assessment. It is quite obvious that this assessment is looking to find the most supple minds to form into production minions. As people finish their assessments they are sent one by one into a waiting room to await another personal interview. This time instead of a one on one interview you will be interrogated by two people who read off a list of questions about your life, and then make notes of your answers before passing the torch between each other as quickly as possible. You will be reminded at this interview that you are being hired for the "operator" position, and you should not be confident in your ability to advance in the company (I believe this is where the process went south for me..).

I can not tell you what happens in phase three, as I received an email a few days later explaining that there was other applicants with more preferred skills and experience. I'm curious how many other applicants had more than six years experience programming, setting up, and running both CNC lathes and mills.

I'm slightly bitter about not being selected for phase three, however it really makes no difference as I had already accepted another offer two days before I was emailed the rejection. I would just like to advise anyone considering this position that you will all be treated equal, whether you don't know what CNC stands for or if you have spent your whole adult life working as a machinist.

Application

I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Hypertherm (Lebanon, NH (US)) in May 2015.

Interview

The interview process was:
1. Call from the recruiter to discuss my current role, and what I was looking for in a new role. She described the benefits of working at the company (45 minutes)
2. An interview with the potential manager. (90 minutes)
3. A second interview the same manager, the marketing manager, and then a manager parallel to the potential manager (individually, 3 hours)

Application

I applied online. The process took 2+ weeks. I interviewed at Hypertherm (Hanover, NH (US)) in July 2014.

Interview

it was a three part process, the first day was pretty much to eliminate any obvious bad candidates. The also tried to scare us with the difficulty of the process (i.e most wont make it, very hard, must learn algebra) they gave us each a short interview with two people. Then we went home and awaited a return call for part 2

Application

I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Hypertherm.

Interview

submit the resume at Career fair, contact by the recruiter through email for setting up a phone interview with two managers