Product Research Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Align Technology with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 25% positive. To compare, the company-average is 55.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Product Research Engineer roles take an average of 11 days to get hired, when considering 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Align Technology overall takes an average of 27 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Align Technology as a Product Research Engineer according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 20%
Group panel interview: 20%
Other: 20%
Phone interview: 20%
Background check: 10%
Presentation: 10%
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I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Align Technology (San Jose, CA)
Interview
Two phone call interview (one is from HR, the other one is from the hiring manager), One video call interview, One on-site interview (the whole day - one oral presentation and around six runs of small group interview)
I applied online. I interviewed at Align Technology
Interview
I applied online. I had a phone screening with the HR after two weeks and then with the manager after a week. The HR just asked a few behavioral questions, but the manager asked several technical questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The manager asked several technical questions about the orthodontics modeling and simulation. He also asked a few questions on how to set up a model and use the software, Abaqus to simulate orthodontics problems.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Align Technology (San Jose, CA) in Feb 2018
Interview
1) Screening call with HR. Friendly, yet there was some prying, such as "do you have any offers now?" and "why haven't you received an offer yet during job search?"
2) 30-min screening call with the Hiring Manager. Very professional.
3) 1-hour Skype video interview with senior engineers. Interviewers were professional and courteous. However, around halfway during the interview, I received a Biomechanics question (draw free-body diagram of tooth with equations, etc). Since I had read a previous review on this site, I had been well-prepared for this kind of question. There was no notice before the interview that I would have this kind of surprise pop-quiz nor to have pen and paper ready. While I understand that knowledge of Biomechanics is necessary for the position, it feels like a sucker punch to surprise candidates in this way without warning and make them perform under pressure when they're already nervous.
Rejection e-mail happened a week later. I received a template given to those who didn't pass the screening call with the Hiring Manager... It was very nice and positive, but the fact that it didn't really apply to me exacerbated the disappointment I felt in not getting through.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What can you offer to the company based on your experience?