Putting your best foot forward to Fisher & Paykel Appliances

First, submit your application: 

• Have your most recent academic transcript and CV ready to upload.  It’s a bit hard to assess which team and area of the business might be the best fit without these.  We don’t focus on grades as such, but are interested in consistent results and the specific subject choices you have made.
• Read the material on our careers website and elsewhere to understand what kind of values and behaviours we admire.  Be ready to explain what this means to you. 

What to expect:

• Interview process consisted of a site tour, structured interview with two interviewers, technical assessment and an opportunity for me to ask questions with two other engineers. In total I got to interact with 7 engineers which gave me a good grasp on the office culture.
• I was asked what I knew about the company, why I applied, and what experience I can bring to the job. And technical questions around diagnosing a fault.
• Basic programming questions. Basic electrical questions. Conceptual understanding of the Internet of Things (IoT).
• Technical Food Science questions, situational questions (STAR) structure and general interview questions.

Interview tips:

• Do some reading about the company history / company values. Be prepared for some problem solving for the technical assessment. And also have questions ready for the informal chat. It's the best chance for the interviewers to get to know you.
• Learn about the company values and talk to a previous graduate.
• If they are not engineering students (eg applying for an evaluator role) then my advice would simply be to be aware of the fact that the questions will not totally align with their background. Not to let the questions throw them off as they can be applied to what we have studied in a slightly abstract way.
• Study generic job interview questions.  Also, don't be afraid to be specific because everyone has had unique experiences in their studied field and interviewers want to hear them because it highlights what you've been up to.
• Remain clam. Don't watch the recordings of yourself after the video interview part. 
• Learn about the company values and have a clear idea of your strengths, weakness and goals. 
• Show your genuine interest.
• Do your research on the company - its foundation, purpose, people, products, etc. 
• Be honest. Treat the interviews like an interesting conversation. Think of insightful questions that you can ask to show your interest and analytical abilities. Read through the company's brand pillars / values and get to know of 1 or 2 that you can relate to and be able to explain it, they will ask.
• Prepare answers to common interview questions and be confident.
• Find the ways in which your portfolio aligns with the company values/design pillars and be ready to talk on that. It's really central to how the company operates so I'd say it's important to have some sort of grasp on this.
• Be yourself and let passion guide your answers.
• Read up on the fundamental topics that are relevant for your position to aid in the technical portion of the interview, and read up on common behavioral questions to practice answering using the STAR method. 
• Finally, have fun with it! We want to get to know the real you. Good luck!