Quite long with multiple steps involving essay responses, phone interview, skype interview, and on site visit with multiple interviews. All of these had strict guidelines to follow but were less stressful than anticipated. The workers must have been too busy to ask questions. They flew my out for an on-site interview were I had to present again and then have 9 one on one interviews with various hiring managers. This was only an entry level job and I hear employees come and go pretty regularly so I am not sure why the process is so in depth.

The way Cree interviews candidates is the most excessively long and tedious of any company I've ever applied for. The process took nearly 3 full months from start to finish. First you must submit a questionnaire that takes a couple hours to fill out, but it is given to you with an expectation that you submit your answers within 3 days. I was traveling while this happened and it was inconvenient for me to do this, but after doing it then you have to do at least one phone screen and a skype interview with several managers. During this skype interview you are asked to present a 30 minute technical presentation and leave 30 more minutes for questions. But this whole presentation is completely unnecessary since they will ask you to present the SAME presentation during an onsite interview. The onsite interview process is exhausting and covers a full work day talking to 7-8 different people, many of whom are asking technical questions and riddles. Most of the people I talked to were friendly (with one exception), I'd also say everyone I met was good at communicating their roles and outlined the expectations of the opening...except they ended up interviewing for a different role than I what I thought I was there for. Initially I was selected for a first shift role, but then it was decided to interview me for a second shift role without being explicitly told so. As a result, I had to endure questions about my aptitude for second shift when I thought I was being interviewed for a first shift role... really made the whole interview feel like a waste of time because I wanted and expected to be interviewed for a first shift position.