I was contacted by a recruiter for a 3 month contract position with Neurologica. He sent my resume to them, and I went in for a 1.5hr interview. The interviewer was friendly and asked me lots of questions, but really wanted me to talk about the things I've worked on and the skills I have.

Submitted resume online. It took a week for the HR person to respond. When she did she read through the job requirements posting. Have you done this? Have you done that? From an applicants point of view it was a waste of time. A week later there was a phone interview with the engineering lead. This was a productive interview. A few weeks later a face-to-face interview as scheduled. The interview lasted 4 hours. I was able to get a good idea of what skills they were looking for, what was expected of me, and what it was like working there. The engineering manager was looking for some type of commitment for the job. He may have been looking for a level of dedication, but it cam across as "I want you working here at all hours, while I'm at home with my family." It is not clear to me if that is what he meant literally or maybe he was looking for general dedication. I wasn't impressed with the HR department. There were a few issues with the on-site interview. These issues seem to originate with the HR personnel. They didn't appear to know what was going on.