Edmund Optics Application Support Engineer Interview Questions
& Process

This was for a bilingual role. The interview included questions typical of a behavioral interview, with some questions posed in German regarding workplace priorities.

I had a bunch of the usual HR situational questions. After the interview, it was just radio silence. My follow-up emails about whether I got the job or not went unanswered. There was no official word from the company either way.

So after like two generic phone interviews, they gave me two weeks notice to come in for a full-day interview where I had to prepare an hour long presentation, and they said they were very optimistic about me. But literally 18 hours before the interview, they EMAILED me cancelling the interview and said the position is being put on hold. I spent two weeks preparing and making sure I was gonna ace the presentation and technical writing review to get a slap in the face. The least they could've done was give me a courtesy call over the phone and a bit more of an explanation. To be honest, the process was very unprofessional and the first recruiter couldn't even send punctual emails or give me crucial information (although he was new and a nice guy). I'm almost glad that this happened because I learned that Edmund is a company I definitely would not have wanted to work for if this is how they operate. Something obviously was going wrong with their management. I would advise to just apply elsewhere. I've spoken with many more employers who were direct and honest, which is how it should be.