I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Cummins in Nov 2012
Interview
talked at a career fair, very professional and straight forward. Got a phone interview shortly after with diverse questions but none too difficult, was just a behavioral interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
a group project that had members who did not contribute, how did you solve the problem
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Cummins (Minneapolis, MN)
Interview
First an on campus interview, it was simple behavioral based interview not more than 30 mins. Will look at experiences, research and GPA more than anything else. Then if selected there is a functional interview over the phone. They asked pretty solid technical questions from thermodynamics and gives you problems to solve there and then. Revising before hand helps. And will ask you to interpret a concept by giving you a situation and example. Only bad thing about the process is they are very late in replying back, we have to catch up atleast twice to get to know whats going on.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Asked about Duty cycle, which I had no idea about. Asks about engine cycles etc. They will brutally kill you if you dont know your stuff. I thought it was hard but I also though I wouldnt get in at all with the average answers I gave. But I did.