I applied online. I interviewed at Impinj (Hsinchu) in Dec 2025
Interview
I applied this job on company website and HR/TA team sent emails for invitation schedule. The hiring manager was going to traveling to Taiwan thus this interview was planned to be a face to face meeting. Meeting invitation was sent and confirmed.
However, unfortunately the interviewer did not attend. I I attempted to follow up through phone, text, and email, but did not receive a response. While the situation was disappointing, I hope it was an incident only and that future candidates have a smoother experience.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Impinj in Aug 2025
Interview
The process took 1 month. The recruitor informed that there would 4 rounds (recruitor screening interview of 30-45 mins, Hiring manager interview for 30 mins, technical interview of 1 hr and if things went well an onsite interview). The first 2 rounds went well and I was confident and excited after the hiring manager interview. But everything went downhill at the technical interview. Technical interviewer was with an experienced architect and he was specifically probing for answers or experience in the business applications he had worked and whatever other business applications/ERP solutions or recent project management experience I had in my resume was kind of disregarded by him even though project management was one of the key underlined job responsibilities. I got the impression that he wanted a person who knew what they were working on and did not want to train or teach anyone. Ironic as the Hiring manager in the previous round insisted and said that they have over 50+ business applications and want someone with a learning mindset as you can't know everything, which I really appreciated.
Although I met some of technology/tools that the job required and had transferale skills he kind of was bragging about his own experience in the industry. Towards the end of the interview I had a few questions and I asked him what other enterprise business tools or technology I should learn as a career advice and he kind of answered that he can remember 50+ tables in Microsft dynamics 365 Business applications and that I should just stay in the one technology I worked for the last 6 years, which kind of sounded weird to me as I clearly said I wanted to expand and grow and learn new things. Ironically he himself bragged during the interview that he has expereince in different business applications etc. but wanted me to just stick to 1 thing I was already doing for the past 6 years and not expand to new areas. From a logical side, I can understand people have a specialist vs generalist mindset, but the way he communicated and made me feel was not good. It made me doubt my own capabilities.
Honestly, I love the company and the role really excited me but sometimes human nature is the problem in such situations.
I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Impinj (Seattle, WA) in Jul 2024
Interview
After submitting my application, I was reached out to by the hiring manager herself for a 45-minute interview. It was pleasantly two-sided, meaning I spent an unusual amount of time getting to ask my own questions and to be "sold" on the opportunity.
Afterwards, there was a 45-minute call with a teammate, who was also pleasant and quick to share the positive feedback they'd received about me from the hiring manager.
The next step was a virtual interview loop with several members of the HR team. Following that was a final 30-minute phone call with the CTO. An offer decision was slightly delayed due to scheduling difficulties with the CTO's busy schedule, but ultimately extended the following week.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you manage stakeholder relationships?
How do you work with hiring managers who are disengaged?