I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Hitachi (Rockville, MD) in Feb 2017
Interview
Was contacted by a US manager who was accompanied by another manager from Japan. They proceeded to share more information about their company and the type of work that I will be doing. They explained the difference between working at the Michigan office, which is more customer support-based, and Kentucky, which is more focused on the design side of things. You can expect very basic behavioral questions and I get a sense that they wanted me to unite my interests with the goals of the company.