Applied online and got an email for an interview a couple of days later. When I joined the interview session via Teams, it went straight to the questions, not even a “how are you doing” kind of thing. The whole experience felt very rushed, like I was talking to a robot. It was clear that the interviewer did not read my résumé at all and only cared about the technical questions. The technical questions were quite difficult—studying the basics was not enough. Overall, it was a really negative experience. I would have liked to talk about some of my experience and why I think I’m a good candidate, rather than just solve absurd technical problems. Not conversational at all.

I had an email describing the role, and then a one-on-one Teams meeting with a whiteboard, where I went deep into my projects and answered technical problems related to solid mechanics, fluids, or thermodynamics.