I applied online. I interviewed at Eaton (Roztoky, Central Bohemian) in Jun 2012
Interview
Only one interview with my tech. manager, organisational manager and another evaluator participating.
Tech. interview was quite frankly a joke; anyone could've passed that.
My to-be organisational manager asked just a few common questions and then one that, as I realised after joining, should have repelled me in the first place: "How do you manage stress?" What they actually wanted to know was what do I do in my spare time. That's Eaton in a nutshell; employees are there to work and die for the company, their other activities are considered "stress management".
In my case, the hiring process was quite fast (less than a month), since they needed to find a candidate quite quickly. A colleague of mine, however, who applied earlier, didn't hear from Eaton for 1/2 a year after his application and was quite surprised when they wrote back.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
From tech. point of view, the questions were very easy, indeed; the most difficult was how to write a variadic macro for C preprocessor (so you've got the idea).
From org./HR point of view, the questions were like everywhere else (except for the weirdness above).
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Eaton
Interview
I applied on their website and got contacted for a phone interview later that week. The next week, I had an interview at their facility with members of the team, my future manager, and HR. Part of this process was a 20 minute presentation where I covered my educational background, career ambitions, project experiences, etc. This was followed by some technical questions about my project I presented on.
The staff was some of the most friendly I have interviewed with. I felt less like it was an interview and more that they were trying to get to know me and see if I was a good fit for the company. Everyone was extremely helpful and quite excited to answer my questions. Overall, it was one of the more pleasant interviewing experiences I have had.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They were all pretty standard for an embedded software interview. Just questions over C and its uses.