I initially had a phone interview and was invited for an onsite interview. I spoke to many people throughout a day long interview and toured the facility. They also provided lunch which gave me an opportunity to engage with the team in a less formal setting.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Optikos (Wakefield, MA) in Sept 2023
Interview
1. Phone screen - with HR
2. Phone Screen 2 - with the hiring manager
3. Phone screen 3 with the hiring manager and a Principal Engineer, and had to do a 1-hour presentation on past work,
4. Onsite interview 1 with the same 1-hour presentation, which I had to do twice.
5. Onsite interview 2 where I was given only 90 minutes to work with drives that I was unfamiliar with but would have understood easily with more time. This was followed by a design review of what I worked on.
After all that, it took them 5 interviews and 3 presentations to detemine that my skills didn't match their opening,
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is the distance from the Earth to the moon? I am serious, this was a real question.
I applied online. I interviewed at Optikos (Wakefield, MA) in Feb 2022
Interview
Process was organized, fair, detailed and moved along swiftly. Met with key members. of the cross functional team. Toured the facility. Friendly and easy two-way communication. HR was easy to work with, the hiring decision was made swiftly.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain challenging situations and how you resolved?