I applied through a recruiter. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Munich Re (Farmington, CT) in Jul 2011
Interview
We were interviewed by the company's IT people at a company approved contractor's office.
There were four people interviewing with them that day at the recruiters's office.
We interviewed separately by a panel of two IT department heads and the recruiter.
It was at least for me, a very comfortable experience as they were easy to talk to and the exchange of information was easy. They asked typical support related questions including what our backgrounds in IT were and explained what they needed at that time in their project.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Going from memory as this has been a while:
What are your skills?
What is your availabliity?
Have you supported VPN?
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Munich Re (Princeton, NJ)
Interview
I was interviewed by two people. The interview went really smooth and talked mostly about my resume. It felt like they already chose their candidates from the start of the interview, so I didn't feel too hopeful. At the same time, they were really nice and made it seem like I would definitely get the position.
Also, it seems like they prefer hiring males over females. They were barely any women in the building.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Munich Re (Toronto, ON)
Interview
I wasn't successful, but from what I knew from the interview, I would definitely want to re-apply and they encouraged me to do so. Interviewers were professional, approachable, and friendly. The receptionist was very nice and made pleasant conversation. Definitely seems like a genuine learning culture.
Preliminary phone screening asking about my background, my interest, and what I know about the company. In-person serial interview with the 3 members of the department, arranged in ascending hierarchical order. Cognitive ability test - answer 30 questions in 8 minutes, where ~1/3 of the questions are mathematically based.