I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Intuitive (Santa Barbara, CA) in Feb 2022
Interview
the first round of phone interviews both experience and technical-based, asked about resume items as well as very basic technical considerations for design such as stress, failure modes, motors, and such. the second round had 2 halves: 1 with the team lead for a behavioral type/chatting type, and second half with 2 design engineers to walk through design considerations and concepts for a product, detailing design decisions
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1) what are the failure modes for designing a cantilever (or column) beam (both static and dynamic cases) 2) what kind of consideration would you have when tasked with designing a button for a product 3) what did you do in a team environment when you had to resolve a conflict between team members 4) walk through a design for the trigger mechanism of a toy blaster
The initial screening interview was facilitated via Zoom. They started by giving me a summary of the team they are a part of. Furthermore, they asked about the bullets on my resume. They also asked me to provide detail about any academic projects and relevant experience.
Pretty easy and relaxed, nothing too difficult, standard behavioral and a couple of technical depending on the round and position. Interviewers were super nice and I received feedback very quickly
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Asked about experiences on my resume and probed the technical aspects