I applied through a staffing agency. I interviewed at Continental in Jun 2015
Interview
Contacted by a staffing agent for availability of position, conduct an interview with agent on general and behavior questions like strength and weakness, most accomplished things etc,.
Did an online test of two sections, verbal and numerical, each one was 6 mins and 13 questions, easy and nothing technical.
The agent then scheduled an interview with an HR in Continental. It was said to be a video interview but turned out to be a phone one.
Asked for general and some behavior questions again: most innovative things etc,. The job requires Master (or Higher) in Mechanical or Automobile Engineering and was and R&D role, they do not gave any specific technical requirements in job description. Asked them for it, no good answer was given.
The details of the job was explained badly as well, the title of the job was R&D, but the whole department more play around marketing, more likely most of the job will be interfacing with OEs. The HR said the career track could be on either marketing or R&D, but even on R&D track, they do not require (or more likely never heard of) typical tire development engineer's technical credentials like FEA/CAE, numerical methods, Materials, process development, or even basics like CAD. I doubt the hiring managers do not have any background in engineering, for they show no understanding in fundamentals of engineering or engineering management.
The interview was meant to be in English, but the HR of Continental can not do effective communications in English, I need to repeat answers in mandarin during the interview. But I was still not sure they were with me on the engineering terminologies.
I contacted the Staffing agent minutes after the interview to stop the hiring process, for the Continental had no idea what they were doing.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
strength and weakness, most accomplished things, most innovative things
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Continental (Mount Vernon, IL) in Mar 2014
Interview
A large group interview at my school, followed by an interview and tour of the plant, where I talked to 4 different groups of engineers. Easy, friendly. then I had to fill out paper work, submit to a background check and hair follicle drug test.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
"If you were an engineer at this plant and you were called to the floor to repair a achine, what would you do first?"
I applied online. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Continental in Jun 2015
Interview
Technical interview, followed by HR interview
applied online, take a few days to get informed for a interview.
technical interviewed by a team leader.
ask your project experience. software development cycle. use UML to describe your project, use state machine describe it (the interviewer didn't know what is extended state machine, and default transition, so just give them a basic state machine). finally, questions about C/C++ fundamentals.