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      Jobs at Formlabs

      13 jobs in United States
      Senior Mechanical Engineer
      Boston, MA
      ·
      $117K - $158K /yr
      (Employer provided)
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      Senior Mechanical Engineer
      Somerville, MA
      ·
      $117K - $158K /yr
      (Employer provided)
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      Senior Robotic Systems Integration Engineer (SLA & SLS)
      Boston, MA
      ·
      $130K - $163K /yr
      (Employer provided)
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      Senior Robotic Systems Integration Engineer (SLA & SLS)
      Somerville, MA
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      $130K - $163K /yr
      (Employer provided)
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      Supplier Industrialization Engineer
      Boston, MA
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      $75K - $111K /yr
      (Employer provided)
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      Formlabs interviews FAQs

      • Candidates applying for Senior/Mechanical Engineer roles take an average of 39 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Formlabs overall takes an average of 27 days.
      • Common stages of the interview process at Formlabs as a Senior/Mechanical Engineer according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:

        Group panel interview:  25%

        Phone interview:  25%

        Skills test:  25%

        One on one interview:  25%

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    • Senior/Mechanical Engineer Interview

      May 9, 2018
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Boston, MA
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Formlabs (Boston, MA) in May 2018

      Interview

      I had applied online and received an email a day later that they would like to set up a phone interview with a current Engineer. A few days later I was on the phone and had a great conversation. We talked about my resume and a general overview of who I was and what FormLabs was about. We ended the conversation with FormLabs sending out a "take home test" that I would complete and send back. After receiving the problem set a few days later, I went to work on my hand sketches and designs. I submitted it and received a reply that FormLabs would like to set up another interview with two more Engineers to discuss the problem sets. I had talked with the Engineers and discussed my designs and thought process on the problem sets which concluded a few days later with an invitation to have a face to face with a few more Engineers. This is where things started to get off a bit. I had felt like I was leading the charge on this visit and had to pry a little to get more information on my visit. I was booked on the cheapest flight and had to buy my seats to guarantee I would have a seat on my journey to Boston. After that, the AirBnb was ok and was walking distance to FormLabs. I had personally paid for my meals and transportation to and from the airport with the intention that I would be asked to submit my receipts for reimbursement but, to no avail, I ate the cost. This was the first time I've ever had to work this hard to get to an interview and also pay for my expenses. After waking up, I made it to the third floor where I signed in and waited. I got there 15 minutes early and was told I'd be greeted then but after 15 minutes and over 80 people walk by with not a single (not even one) glance up to look at me, I was greeted with a meeting excuse. I get it; we've all been there. I was walked over to a meeting room and waited for the first interviewer. It went well and we discussed my past experiences and my engineering thought process. I then went to lunch with one of the Engineers I spoke with on the phone interviews and we had a great time. I came back to a tour of the company and got to really see it. It was short on storage and had somewhat of an organized clutter look. You could also see the cliques within the company. Not many smiles from what I experienced. After the tour, I was escorted back to the interview room and met with another Engineer. Here we sat down and did a whiteboard design review of a current design problem they had/have going on. It was standard and quick. I gave them my real world version of how I would go about it with the acute amount of knowledge I had on the actual specs. I felt like this went well again. Nothing ground breaking and there was not answer I had to find, just a brain storming session. After this, the hunt for the CEO was on. I waited a little while and then met the CEO with a confidence boosting "Sorry but what's your name?" Wow, I understand being a CEO is time consuming but I would expect that a job position in a higher paying position would warrant a little due diligence. We spent some time talking about my job experience and why I wanted to be at FormLabs. (Hint: Dog friendly, awesome prototyping capabilities, location and fun products to work on.) Most of the time I was interviewing I was staring at the back of a laptop while he was researching my history. On a final note he added that I should talk with the ID lead, which I thought was good and then he promptly took off. The ID lead came up and we had another good discussion. He reminded me of our current contract ID guy, Frank. Frank is also very talented. That was my stint at FormLabs and off I went back home on my cheap flight. A few days later I was emailed that the interview process was not going to continue and that they'd offer me some constructive feedback. I had a great broad range of skills but I did not possess the depth and analytics that FormLabs is in need of. Dang... My take: (Please take this with a grain of salt since I was rejected but this is my honest assessment) I had the fortunate circumstance to get a lot of insight from previous acquaintances of FormLabs and this plays into my assessment. FormLabs is a company filled with very smart, theoretical graduate students. Their approach is very theory based with a lot of analytics backing it. They like to hire likeminded people to keep a homogenous mindset. When I hear that I don't have depth, which irks me. I can honestly say that I have more successful products to market than most of my interviewers. Heavy analysis is not a luxury that is afforded to startups, which I mainly come from. Most of my products were under heavy timelines, tight budgets and underpowered meaning I was mostly the sole engineer on the project. With a background in FDA approved implants and instrumentations, microscopes and CT scanners... my depth is a plenty. Maybe is was my personality... On the other hand, FormLabs has great products. I wish them the best.

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      Formlabs response
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      Hi there - thanks for taking the time to write this review! We're sorry that you didn't have a great experience interviewing here, but appreciate your detailed feedback. We value the time and energy every candidate puts into their time interviewing with us and want every interaction to be great. We clearly had some communication gaps on our end - sorry about that! We've since improved our scheduling and reimbursement processes, to make sure a situation like yours doesn't happen again. If you email me at outterson@formlabs.com, I can make sure you get reimbursed for your extra travel expenses. --Caitlin, People Ops
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