I met with three different people. Two HR reps and the hiring manager who was a member of the management team within IT. I was asked about my background and then led around the office as a tour. After that, I was given a chance to ask about the company culture and about opportunities to expand my skill set.

Multiple rounds of interviews. Pretty standard selection process: 1st rounds of phone screens followed by higher levels of on-site interviews. The culture seems to move slower and be very consensus oriented. I've found this cultural pattern more typical in medical and highly regulated industries. Very nice people, open to discussing their particular challenges and issues. Not very definitive on what they are looking for on job requirements or performance expectations. Matrixed environment with somewhat unclear lines of organizational responsibility. Project management practices appear to be immature but improving. (People, Process, Technology) My estimate is a CMMI level 2 organization on a 1 to 5 maturity scale. Benefits seem standard for industry. Pay seems to be in the lower end range, but that may be due to my experience level and the current economic climate. People: very nice and congenial. Office facilities: Very good in the main offices that I saw, but some concerns that they didn’t show me the actual IT work area in another building. Work Culture: Consensus oriented, slower decisional analytical types, a little sleepy, I didn’t notice a buzz in the atmosphere. Saw more buzz in HR. On an impromptu manufacturing area tour I noticed a person at a work station with their head down. However, they are making money during an economic recession. You can’t fault that.