Production Supervisor applicants have rated the interview process at Alcon with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Production Supervisor roles take an average of 8 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Alcon overall takes an average of 29 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Alcon as a Production Supervisor according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Background check: 33%
Drug test: 33%
One on one interview: 33%
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Conference room with HR, and several members of senior management with each taking turns in asking questions. The hiring manager and a manager from each. They weren't drilling questions but you should prepare for 3 part question where you state the problem you had, the choice to resolve, and the outcome
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Question 1
Tell me about a time that there was a disagreement with an associate and how did you handle it.
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Alcon (Fort Worth, TX) in Jul 2014
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Interview with site leadership including QC, production and HR. Lasted half a day and consisted of a majority of run of the mill questions. Mostly one on one interview with the group I was going to be working with in the department conducted a panel interview.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Alcon (Duluth, GA)
Interview
I interviewed twice with this company once with HR and once with Production. I was given the opportunity to visit the production floor to see the operation in motion. I enjoyed the visit adn the interview. I was later called by HR to inform me that I would be receiving an offer for hire with the company. I was very excited. After I received the offer letter I signed it and returned it. Then within the following week I started my new job with the company.
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Question 1
The most difficult or unexpected question was a question about my experiences with operating linear machines, in which I had no experience.