Application Process & Interviews at Cochlear

The recruitment process for the internship was shorter than average, both for the company and for other internships. I think this was because of the urgent need for this work. It was two rounds, one with the recruited and then finally with the hiring managers

There were a few stages in the process of attaining the graduate position at trochlear. First was the application/resume stage, after which came a few screening, and then a group assessment and final interview. Each of these was pretty standard up until the group assessment where it was more business focused, and you not only had to rely on your own skill but your skill in a group. The final interview required knowledge of the particular stream that you applied for, as i applied for firmware i was asked specific information about that field

Went through the process in 2022 - back then, it was a lengthy process with many stages, very long wait times between each stage with zero communication and then extremely short notice for an interview

Process was transparent and we were given lots of information along the way. He had a resume submission stage, answered written questions, had group interviews, psychometric testing then individual interviews

Going through the inter -> graduate pipeline it was fairly vigorous but fair. I hope the initial resume screening process / software is up to date

For the internship process: had a group interview first (with 3-4 individuals) and then had a technical interview with 2 team leads

Waiting to hear about the glad program outcome took longer than expected, and i know some people went on to interview/get offers for other companies because of how long it took to find out

Written statement, group interview, final interview, internship, another interview

Shone screen, psychometric assessment, interview, reference checks

Resume, psychometric assessment, group interview, individual interview

Combination of written statements, group interview, psychometric testing and individual interviews

Iv screening, first round interview, assessment, second round, offer

1. Application 2. Answer some questions. 3. Group interview 4. Psychometric testing 5. Individual interview trochlear communicated well at each stage of the interview process

Very thorough and competitive

Very competitive and lengthy! consisted of initial screening, written response to a set of questions, group interview, psychometric testing and final interview over a period of 6 months

Shone interview for internship. Presentation and psychometric testing for graduate position

Interview (phone and face to face), psychometric testing, presentation

I was not interview as such, i completed a placement through a university program, and was possessed by my manager after this placement. I then completed a presentation explaining what i did and what i learnt along with other interest at the end of the placement

Psychometric evaluation and then in person interview

Detailed questions, expectation of knowledge for technical aspects. Interested in attitude and ethics

Mostly technical related to the role, my level of competence with expel, data systems. Practicalities like my availabilities

I was asked questions about technical information regarding my degree, personal behavior questions like strength, weaknesses, working together with others and so forth

I was asked half technical questions and half behaviour questions. Some of the questions involved me explaining how i handle group projects, and how we handle conflict or a task that seems too dancing. Other questions involved us just explaining a project that we completed in the past and how we went about solving it. It's important to be clear but elaborate on specific design decisions or important thoughts you had when undergoing whatever experience you are talking about. The technical questions for me were more to do with microcontrollers, memory, ram and what a compilers/linked are since these are all important in the context of firmware

Mostly behaviour/situation questions and a bit of technical but not too in depth

Behavioral and technical. Primarily behavior

The group interview we were asked to come up with an idea to promote company growth (using the information from the previous annual report). In the technical interview i was given a few coming questions and asked about my resume

Technical and soft skill related to the hiring team

Why do you want to work for trochlear? what skill do you have that are relevant to this role? what are your strength and weaknesses?

I don't remember

Why do i want to work in the specific area(s) i applied for? what work have i done to demonstrate my skill in this area?

Six of behaviour questions and technical questions relevant to my role

A mixture of technical questions and behaviour questions

Genetic interview questions (e. G. Experience, skill, motivation, etc) as well as those relating to the company's values/mission

About products, experiences and what i expected in the role

Genetic questions about (a) previous experience (b) challenges (c) self-assessment (d) contribution capability (e) expectations (f) company knowledge/culture

Lots of technical questions, particularly asking what i was currently learning about at un, what projects i had worked on, what decisions i made on those projects and why. Some basic electrical circuit questions like how to fix a basic led schematic

Road questions about leadership, what my goals were for my career, and also technical questions (e. G. That material would you use for this application?)

Answer questions directly and let your experience speak for itself. Hiring managers are very experienced and unlikely to be persuaded by anything other than having the strongest application for the role. Engineers can enter cochlear as a graduate, for this its crucial to complete the summer internship in your penultimate year. Prospective employees from other disciplines would usually have proven experience from other roles/internships. My impression is that the quality of prior work experience is most important

- read through the annual reports and the portfolio of products we offer. Having this knowledge is helpful to the hiring managers as it shows you're interested in the company. - think about why you want to work for a medical device company and what motivated you to apply. Linking back this reason to a personal answer can boost your application. - part of the group interview stage is seeing how you lead but also how you work well with others so if you do take a leadership role, make sure you're not taking up all the attention and that you're sharing the stage with other people

Know everything that you've done up until now well. The better you can explain your thought process and decisions in past projects the more likely you can highlight your strengths

Think of scenarios where you have shown your best traits (organisation, proactivity, enthusiasm etc) and be prepared to talk about them with the star method. And show that you are willing to learn!

You need to have a combo of technical + people skills i think. You really need both, don't underestimate the latter in particular. The culture here is collaborative and encouraging so i think they value that. Don't be devastated if you don't get it, i think rolls are filled because of alignment of some candidates to their respective intern projects

Demonstrate a passion for leaning and developing your technical skills

Research the company, and prepare how to respond to discuss your technical and transferable skills through effective examples

Be passionate about the work you do

Research the specific area(s) you want to apply for and provide examples of experience that relate to that area

Focus on experience outside of university. Think about smart responses to typical interview questions and use your internship / work experience to structure these

Practice as many interview questions as possible keeping in mind the aspects outlined above! be confident and show passion

Be enthusiastic. Show your desire to help people. Demonstrate your leadership capabilities. Show you are collaborative

Prior diverse experience (work, university, extra-curricular). Confidence and interpersonal skills. Alignment to company values

For the summer student interviews (which is a process i didn't go through), i'd definitely recommend talking about extra-curricular activities, and how they taught you something or how they show you can approach difficult problems or situations

Know the basics of your field really well, and be prepared to talk about something you have worked on in as much detail as you can. Showing a good understanding of the basics and also that you can dive into a topic to learn about it when you need to

Be calm but keen when delivering your responses; nerves are not a good look, but neither is bored disinterest. Prepare by reading the company website and knowing the products and how they work together