I met a recruiter at my school's career fair. She forwarded my resume on to hiring managers and I was contacted the next month to set up a phone interview. The first interview was fairly casual, just going over my resume and making sure I could communicate. I had a second interview the following week with a different interviewer, and the questions were a bit more technical. A couple weeks later I received a verbal offer. Official offer letter followed.

When speaking to the recruiter at a job fair, I was told that I hadn't done enough engineering classes, even though they stated they would recruit sophomores. The recruiter was rude at first, asking me briskly for my resume and not introducing herself or shaking my hand. She proceeded to talk down to me, saying how I wasn't trying hard enough classes and assuming I wasn't motivated to do extra lab work or learn more about the field. I was also told that I need to do hard classes early on and senior year to make sure I wasn't struggling to graduate. For context, I could graduate in 3 years if it wasn't for the sequential nature of engineering courses; I will not be struggling to get the required number of credits. Additionally, she hadn't even looked at my resume, just looked at my graduation date and assumed I hadn't done anything engineering-related before. I was basically given career advice and not taken seriously about my interest in the company. When I asked about internships, she basically told me I wasn't qualified because I'm a sophomore without even looking at my resume, where she could have seen that I have worked on engineering projects more advanced than "rolling a marble down a hallway to determine its speed" (an actual example she gave when saying they wanted more experienced interns). I am at a very high level institution. While I may not be the craziest person there with the most elaborate course schedule here, this does not mean I do not push myself or that I will automatically not be qualified because I am not a senior. She might have been right - I may not be qualified at this point in time - but talking down to someone at a job fair is not a good way of recruitment. I was highly interested in this company on paper, but I will not apply for internships this year or any other year of my university career, nor am I likely to want to work here in the future. Warning, college students: beware the condescending recruiters!