I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Johnson Controls in Apr 2013
Interview
I applied whole bunch of opening potions on their websites and got a email that they wanted to phone interview me the following week. The HR was very nice and he even left me a voice mail in case I didn't see the email. The first phone interview was very chill, just some brief introduction about my background and asked about my work experience. Then I was progressed into a second round phone interview, but with a mentor who in charged this intern program. He asked some technical skills problems that are related to electrochemistry and my lab experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What would you do if your customers ask for some inordinate demands? (this is a question he asked regarding to my work experience with customer service)
Interview was in person during an energy conference and a month later I was contacted over the phone for another interview manly describing school projects. Started the internship during the summer
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time when you had to deal with a difficult person?
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Johnson Controls (Milwaukee, WI)
Interview
I originally gave my resume to a friend who worked full-time at Johnson Controls. She forwarded my information to someone at the company, and HR called me a month or two after to set up an interview. I spoke with HR briefly about my background, and they set up the on-site interview. The on-site interview lasted a couple hours. I interviewed with an HR representative about my skills and background and then met with the director and VP hiring for the department. I also did a brief skills test (more info. in "Most Difficult or Unexpected Question" section).
I did not receive an offer for the first position for which I interviewed, but because of my other skills and strengths, they passed my information on to another department. I interviewed separately with the other team, and they offered me a long-term internship.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
During the interview, I was given a set of data in Excel to "analyze" and had to make a short presentation about my findings. I had about 30 minutes to complete this step. With my experience at the time (university classes), I found this to be quite difficult because of the large amount of data and the freedom to complete the task.