informal, questions to determine your background and how comfortable you would be in a high stress environment with tight deadlines. They also question you on if you have any background in working with internal combustion engines.

I first spoke to a recruiter about this position in early January. We scheduled a phone interview with Joanne the second week of January. This was a simple phone screening where she asked questions about my resume, my work experience, and my education. I wouldn't consider it anything out of the ordinary. I was told it would be about a week before I knew anything. It was two weeks before I learned I was to be scheduled for an interview with the hiring manager. After that, I had no news for several weeks, even after contacting the recruiter multiple times. Meanwhile, I saw multiple postings for what looked like the same position through other sources. Finally, over a month after the initial interview, I was told by the recruiter that they had chosen not to pursue me, even though I had never interviewed with the hiring manager.