Product Development Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at W. L. Gore & Associates with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 59% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Product Development Engineer roles take an average of 18 days to get hired, when considering 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at W. L. Gore & Associates overall takes an average of 39 days.
Common stages of the interview process at W. L. Gore & Associates as a Product Development Engineer according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 38%
Phone interview: 25%
Skills test: 13%
One on one interview: 13%
Background check: 13%
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I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at W. L. Gore & Associates in Oct 2011
Interview
They usually have a panel of 3 people to interview you. They start with casual questions like telling them about your self. They will ask you to solve a few technical questions involving pressure, Force, temperature calculations.
The questions about your skills will not be direct. They want to hear about your team work skills and your strengths and weaknesses but they will ask you indirectly. I was very nervous so I was unable to answer the questions they way they expected me to.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How soon do you expect to hear back from us? Are you waiting on our response to accept or decline another offer?
First I started off with an HR phone screen, then another phone interview with a hiring manager. A few weeks later I got invited to come in for an on site interview.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at W. L. Gore & Associates
Interview
Typical situational interview process. "Tell me about a time when.....". Interviewed with 5 different individuals ranging from HR, business leader, process engineer, product development engineer and manufacturing engineer
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
We commonly have the freedom to work as we see fit on a project. Tell me about a time where you had to set your own agenda and goals to accomplish a task and how you went about doing so?
I applied online. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at W. L. Gore & Associates (Flagstaff, AZ) in Jan 2012
Interview
The interview process was good and as expected. I had submitted my application and then heard from them after a 1 week wait. The recruiter called me up and asked me a number of questions over the phone. I then came in for a 1:1 interview and a panel discussion with a group of 5 of my peers. Overall it was a good interview process.