I applied online. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Align Technology (London, England) in Jan 2018
Interview
The whole process from start to finish was extremely poor was told to attend an interview at 9 am and waiting until 2pm. I was told I was applying for a role in London then told the role I was applying for was in East Anglia. The HR person gave us the wrong job spec and when I finally had an interview the interview didnt last more than 30 minutes. I was then told that I would get a call in the next couple of days. This never happened and I had to chase the HR person several times and I finally got an automated response saying I wasnt successful.
I was extremely unhappy and I think the whole process was totally disorganized. I have tried several times to apply for other roles but never received any response from them. Totally disatfisfed.
The process took about a month and ran very smoothly. Every person I had contact with was very friendly and straightfoward. First there was a phone screening, then a phone interview, and then a face to face interview with the manager and head of HR.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Align Technology (San Jose, CA) in Feb 2018
Interview
1) Screening call with HR. Friendly, yet there was some prying, such as "do you have any offers now?" and "why haven't you received an offer yet during job search?"
2) 30-min screening call with the Hiring Manager. Very professional.
3) 1-hour Skype video interview with senior engineers. Interviewers were professional and courteous. However, around halfway during the interview, I received a Biomechanics question (draw free-body diagram of tooth with equations, etc). Since I had read a previous review on this site, I had been well-prepared for this kind of question. There was no notice before the interview that I would have this kind of surprise pop-quiz nor to have pen and paper ready. While I understand that knowledge of Biomechanics is necessary for the position, it feels like a sucker punch to surprise candidates in this way without warning and make them perform under pressure when they're already nervous.
Rejection e-mail happened a week later. I received a template given to those who didn't pass the screening call with the Hiring Manager... It was very nice and positive, but the fact that it didn't really apply to me exacerbated the disappointment I felt in not getting through.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What can you offer to the company based on your experience?