I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at CAE in Apr 2013
Interview
Interview was about 3 hours long. I was interviewed by HR, supervisor, and some engineers. I HR questions were basic. No technical questions, just questions about class projects, team work, time-management, etc.
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at CAE (Montreal, QC) in Apr 2012
Interview
I met 2 interviewers. A manager and a programmer. They asked a few traditionnal question like why CAE, etc.. Then they asked a very few and easy technical C++ questions and some about design patterns. Finally, they asked some very broad questions about airplanes. I did not study in that field but the questions were easy enough so with general knowledge you could answer them.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
*The interviewer shows an image of a screen in the cockpit of an airplane* then asked: Why are some text overlapping in the image?