I applied in-person. I interviewed at 3M (Saint Paul, MN) in Feb 2017
Interview
Meet with the hiring manager to talk about the project. He asked details and overall of my experience. Since had board experience he was interested in may of them. I was glad I wrote them all and not exclude some, I was about. It ends up those I don' think related, caught his attention. Later I met with other team members. They each gave to talks about daily work.
I applied online. I interviewed at 3M (Austin, TX) in Jan 2026
Interview
1. First round was video call with manager, teammate, global head.
2. Second round was onsite interview with global head, manager, sales head, teammate, application development engineer.
Invitation was auto generated by system for first round.
Offer was made after 1 week. Interview process took 2 weeks.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about yourself and past experience?
How will your experience help contribute to your R&D role?
Do you have any information about Epoxy?
Describe a situation where a stakeholder or manager had to be convinced to support an approach, even if met with initial skepticism?
Tell me about a time you faced ambiguous instruction & how you overcame them?
Was there any conflict resolution while working on a project?
What is your strength and weakness?
