I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at First Solar (Perrysburg, OH) in Jan 2014
Interview
Group manager and several Development Engineers interviewed me. Some were focused on technical knowledge and skills, some were focused on attitude and work ethic/experience, others seemed more worried about ability to gel with the current team.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe how you would determine statistically if a manufacturing process was good or bad given some hypothetical data - describe how you measure the efficiency of a solar cell electrically - describe how a solar cell works, etc.