I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at 3M (Woodbury, MN) in Apr 2014
Interview
Didn't contact me until about a month after I applied. However, once they contacted me the interview process was very quick. Had an interview about 1 week after contact, and was given an offer the same day as the interview. Interview was fairly typical and not too challenging, about 30 mins total. It was a bit intimidating with 3 employees in the room interviewing me but they were very friendly and made me feel comfortable. Mostly asked questions about resume info - are you planning on going to grad school, why did you choose your area of study, what is your biggest accomplishment, previous employment info, etc. Did ask 1 technical question.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Asked a technical question about a problem one of the researchers was working on - researcher was taking images of a 2D array of plastic wells, but in the images the wells were not all oriented exactly the same way. Wanted to know how to create a program to rotate the images so that the wells were all oriented the same way (ie normal to the axes), so that they could be analyzed. There was no "right" answer per se, just wanted to get my thoughts.
One interview callback with questions. Asked very basic questions of what major you are doing school, projects you've worked on, and extracurricular activities outside of school. Very Basic Questions not very hard
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at 3M in Jan 2020
Interview
You will speak with one of the senior researchers that would employ you underneath their team either over the phone or in person at the building they work at. If they decide to go with you then you will receive an email from the HR team to set up an orientation date
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They will ask about a time in which you had things not go as expected in a work/lab setting and how you went about adjusting to make the most out of the situation
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at 3M (Maplewood, MN) in Aug 2019
Interview
Just a phone interview. 4 people interviewed me through phone. No on site interview. Took 3 weeks for an offer. Then 2 weeks after the drug test. Everyone was nice and kind.
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