I gave my resume to a recruiter at a career fair. After a week or so, I was asked to come in for an interview. When I got there, there was a group of 5-7 other applicants (for different positions). We took a tour and then sat down to take a technical test. The test lasted 3 hours. The test was mostly programming on paper. After the test we had lunch and then went into interviews. This was the first time I spoke to an Optym employee about the company and the position that they had assumed I had applied for. The interviews were technical questions model formulation and proofs. I thought they were pretty tough to do on the spot, very math theory heavy. After the interviews, I was asking for advice after graduation, he gave me three great soundbytes: 1. "Apply to as many jobs as possible." 2. "Interviews are great experience for other interviews." 3. "You have a lot of stuff on your resume. Make sure that you know everything on it." Regarding #3. I wrote down UF ISE classes that I had taken and passed with A's. I think Optym thinks really highly of the UF industrial Engineering program. I do not put as much stock in the program as they do. I was very humbled after that interview. I was at Optym from 9:30-2:30. They knew within 30 minutes of speaking with me that I was not a great fit. It required entirely too much time on my end for me to respect the process of the interview.