The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Siemens in Sept 2008
Interview
Phone interview was lengthy and asked an array of technical questions. Be prepared well in advance to study all types of technologies. They are looking for someone with a broad spectrum of skill sets which include various OS's, network, application support, virtualization, programming. Basically the superman of IT. Face to face interview went well but very intimidating when dealing with with 8 people in the room. I explained it was a little nerve wrecking and they understood.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you deal with extremely difficult people. They really stayed on this question for about 10 minutes. Every answer I gave was in turn given a new question about my answer.
The interview process was conducted pretty well and they were quick with the process. It was mostly behavioral and a detailed questioning from the experiences mentioned in resume. They questioned well to check my alignment to the particular role and tested my ability to adapt to a new environment.
I applied through university. I interviewed at Siemens (Pune)
Interview
one aptitude test was there
then they selected me for interview, they asked few question in the technical round
then one behavioural round was there, in total three rounds were there.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
one coding question
some puzzles related to mathematics
It took 30 minutes, they asked about automation systems like PLC. They also asked about fault detection systems and whether I could legally work in the US. Overall, the interviewers were very friendly.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you compensate the inductive loads in a grid or in a power plant.