I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Schilling Robotics (Davis, CA)
Interview
Disclaimer: This was 7 years ago, but still remember it well. The initial hour-long phone interview with the chief engineer was great - just a couple of sanity-check generic technical questions followed by questions more tailored towards my 13-year EE resume. The full-day in-person interview, by contrast, was very cold and impersonal. I don't think anyone actually looked at my resume: There were written exams (with the type of questions you would expect in college exams but with minimal real-life practical value), lots of "describe a time when" questions where I couldn't think of a perfect example (like, do engineers really have that many interpersonal conflict experiences to talk about?), and mock problem solving where we act like we're inventing a billion-dollar product from scratch. (As fun as that would be, we all know that's not what the day-to-day EE job is like.)
All told, in 7 total hours at the office, nobody asked me a single practical question about anything I worked on in my 13 years of prior experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design a DC-DC converter using discrete components/transistors.
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Schilling Robotics (San Diego, CA) in Oct 2021
Interview
Very good interview process. The interviewer was very friendly and asked challenging yet relevant questions. Even gave me some advice on career matters. I would almost consider working there on the quality of the interview alone! Email correspondence was also prompt and efficient.
I applied through university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Schilling Robotics
Interview
Met a representative at a university career fair booth.
Had a follow-up interview in person the next day.
Scheduled a conference call with a larger team (4 to 6 people) later.
Conference call was fairly straightforward, and gave some good insight into what it would be like to work at Schilling. The team seemed to have some interesting projects available for interns.