I liked Every thing about the company and the interview process was smooth and as usual. very friendly HR department. after a 30 min phone interview, I did a 1:1 interview at Swagelok. It was long and challenging. It turned out that they sponsor for internationals but I had a good interview experience with them.

I was recruited by a local recruiter for an engineering position at Swagelock during the spring of 2010. Interviewing at Swagelok was unlike any other experience or interview I've have ever encountered or heard of. Screening- I went through (3) three phone interviews that took about 30 minutes to an hour each. This was then followed by (3) three on site interviews at their facility. Six times I took off work to accommodate their schedules at my own expense for the phone and on site interviews. The total process took about 8 weeks. I really didn’t get the impression that they were interested in hiring me or anyone. They seem to want information concerning software that I had used in the last few years; that was the only questions they kept asking me. They wanted to know about the difficulty, problems and integration with said software. It was as if they were buying new software and they wanted input from people who had used it. There wasn’t a technical test or skill test. I responded with a thank you and follow up letter after each interview. After the last interview I never heard back from them. I had to call the recruiter 3 times to find out that they had decided to look elsewhere to fill the position, he even had a hard time connecting with them. Side note here - The interviews were during the worst Ohio spring weather we had in years. At the time of the last interview there was driving hard rain, tornado warnings, flood warnings, high wind and hail. I traveled there thru all of this anyway and on time. I didn't ask to be rescheduled for a later time or different day due to the weather nor did I complain. For safety concerns the interview should have been postponed. What an experience- Left me wondering about the ethics and business conduct of the company.