Wolfspeed·Research Scientist

Wolfspeed Research Scientist interview experience

No offer

Medium

Negative

Charlotte, NCPosted Nov 2017 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My first interaction started with HR effectively rejecting me on the grounds that my education didn’t meet their requirements, even though I had a PhD in the field.

I reached back by email asking if they had actually seen my background, and they reconsidered. Not long after, I was sent a long questionnaire and told to complete it.

The questionnaire led to a phone interview with the hiring manager that felt oddly unhelpful and even confusing. He asked me questions that overlapped with what I had already answered, and then he moved into more technical areas like how an LED works. The part that bothered me was the way some questions were phrased—so off-balance that I couldn’t tell what answer he was really steering me toward. Even the process timing felt

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