The interview process began with an HR screen. She asked me a few casual questions about my experience and skills. She also asked for my expected starting salary range and seemed quite taken aback when I said $75,000-$80,000 depending on PTO and benefits. Shortly after this interview, I interviewed in person with an engineer. I was suprised at how easy this interview was. There were no questions about experimental design or research. The interviewer just asked me a few questions about my resume and I told a lot of stories about past work experiences. After this interview, I was given a design challenge. The problem was very straightforward, but also severely underspecified. I asked more than ten clarifying questions in the interview and spent about two hours completing the problem at home. I answered the problem using a small design document and an analog circuit schematic. It really wasn't clear what they wanted, but they seemed happy with my response. After this I was brought in for another interview with the team manager that I would be working under. This interview was also mainly non-technical and was fairly casual. During this interview, the managers were very honest and candid about the pros and cons of the job. It became obvious to me early in the interview that this job wasn't a good fit for someone with my skillset and interests. The employees in the second interview made Baylis seem like a depressing place to work. They were working on a reasonably interesting product, but not a none of them were enthusiastic when they were telling me about it. One of them openly complained that the company Christmas party is mandatory, which seems like a really backwards and punitive policy to me. I don't think that very many young people would want to work in such a place. After this interview, I recieved a job offer almost immediately, for a lot less less money than my stated salary range.