Xerox interview questions

This position is recruited for using one or two local contract agencies in the Rochester area. They post on craigslist, among other sites. You send your resume to a recruiter, who will contact you as long as you have a scientific degree. You have to take an aptitude test at the recruiting agency location. The test consists of some factory basics (if a hand valve in a picture is open or closed), some additional manufacturing safety principles (lock out tag out system), your ability to follow a piping diagram, and some very basic scientific questions (basic understanding of acids and bases). If you pass the aptitude test your resume is forwarded to Xerox. A hiring manager at Xerox will tell the recruiter if they want you for an interview and that will be scheduled. The interview is a panel interview with at least 3 people. These people are middle/upper management who you will not interact with much after the interview. At the end of the interview you are given a tour of the plant, during which you will need closed toed shoes (high heels are allowed, but you will have trouble), safety glasses, and a hard hat (they provide you with glasses and the hard hat). You will usually hear back about whether they want to hire you within days after the interview. I heard in less than 24 hours. If you accept, you will have to take a drug test and fill out paperwork at the temp agency. The recruiter runs a background check which takes a week, then you start on a Monday for training at Xerox. The communication for everything was evenly split between email and telephone calls.