I applied through LinkedIn and received a message from a recruiter about two weeks later. We messaged each other and set up a phone interview to take place a few days later. Phone interview went well, questions included what do you know about McMaster. The phone interview lasted almost an hour, at the end of the call I was invited to an in person interview the following week. A red flag should have went up when the recruiter sent me the wrong information. He sent me another candidates interview date and time. I emailed him and he corrected it. I immediately went to Glassdoor for reviews of the company. I was discouraged after reading some of the reviews but decided to see for myself. Once I arrived I was asked to fill out another job application in paper, seemed odd but ok. After waiting 30 minutes past my scheduled interview time, a soft spoken man advised me I would interviewed shortly. It was hard to understand him, I thought he said he and another individual would interview me. Once I was called in, he was off to the side while a very young female interviewed me. My first impression was that of a scene straight out of the Stepford wives movie. They both seemed very robotic, almost fake. I was advised I would sit with two individuals that do the job I was interviewing for. The sit down portion went fine, I saw the job function mad it seemed very easy. I asked a few questions regarding what I had read on Glassdoor regarding advancement. The comments on Glassdoor are correct!! No advancement, it’s a dead end job. I have a BA and worked hard for it, I don’t want a job where I can’t advance in some way. McMaster-Carr only hire college graduates but who wants to just do the same job without growth? The shadowing was followed by another interview with a hiring manager. At this point I was very discouraged and just wanted to get out of there. The lack of advancement was not addressed by the hiring manager directly but was alluded to. If you’re looking for a 9-5 job with no growth, this is the place for you. They try to make up with benefits which sound good but I didn’t a degree to have a dead end job.

Theres a phone Call and then an in person interview which also has a test. In the test you respond to fake emails to get a sense of your problem solving skills.