I applied through my school and two weeks later got picked for an interview. The interview was at my school and consisted of a 30 minute behavioral interview with a HR representative followed by a 30 minute technical interview with one of their engineers. The technical interview seemed to be more geared towards learning more about how I would fit with the company than my technical skills/experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
For the technical interview I was asked what is the difference between a globe valve and a ball valve.
The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Albemarle (Pasadena, TX) in Oct 2011
Interview
Initial meeting at Career fair on Campus. Followed up with interview with Engineer with the company and straight into an interview with a HR rep. HR rep was all behavioural questions. Then second round was 2 more interviews with senior engineers. Great interview, relaxed, discussed how I wanted my career to evolve, answered all my questions. Albemarle are a great group of people, made sure the job I wanted, in the location I wanted was the issue.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What aspect of Mechanical Engineering do you find the most interesting?