I applied for the epitaxial research scientist position on the Cree website. A few days later I received a questionnaire to fill out. Questions included typical inquiries into my research and work experience and also some personality questions (e.g. "Who would you refuse to work with?"). After submitting the completed questionnaire, I received an email from one of the research scientists to set up a phone interview. The phone interview lasted approximately 45 minutes. The overall tone of the person interviewing me was very arrogant. At one point the interviewer asked if I had googled him before the phone interview. At the end of the interview, he told me that I would have a second interview with one of the R&D managers. The second phone interview was much like the first...typical questions about my graduate research and technical questions on vacuum science and epitaxial growth. At the end of the second phone interview I was invited out to an on-site interview. The on-site interview was grueling. It began with a 30 minute presentation, during which I was interrupted and asked what the point of my research was. Following the presentation, I went immediately into several 1:1 interviews with other research scientists. These lasted ~40-45 minutes each. Several of the interviewers were very arrogant and quite rude. Overall, I found the 1:1 interviewers to lack professionalism. At midday, I went to lunch with 3 of the research scientists, and this was also not an enjoyable experience. I thought this would be a time where I could ask questions about the company; get a better understanding of the day-to-day work environment, work-life balance, etc. But no, I spent all of lunch doing a back of the envelope calculation "how many barbers does a city of 1 million people need." After the interview, I knew that I would not accept an offer if one was presented to me. I did not receive an offer. Overall, I was not impressed at all with Cree. I've been on other interviews before and since, and this was by far the most unprofessional group of people I have ever come across. If you have other options, don't even bother with Cree.