Eric Scheirer's answers

There's a bar right down the street that people (especially Marketing) go to pretty often. Also, a lot of people at Bose are musicians and so there's always people getting together to jam or rehearse or listen to music. But also lots of people have families and just go home to be with them.

I was on the engineering team that created the SoundDock digital music system for iPod. I was managing the requirements and product vision. The team was incredibly psyched about making such a cool product that we knew would be a big hit in the marketplace. We agreed early on to try to go after a really aggressive schedule and were proud when we hit our deadlines. The team was highly-focused, but also collaborative and fun to work with....

1. The corporate culture. It's friendly, open, serious, hardworking, but also caring and well-balanced. 40-hour weeks are the norm at Bose.

2. The pride in the products we make. Everyone at Bose is customer-focused and we are proud to delight our customers and exceed their expectations with our products.

3. The people. Bose works very hard to hire people that will mesh well together, but also make strong individual contributions. The team spirit and progress we make together when we collaborate is amazing!...

A colleague of mine from graduate school is a researcher at Bose. I contacted him and started interviewing for audio research positions. As part of that process, I met one of the marketing directors, and we really hit it off. So I ended up moving into a marketing-strategy position instead.