Internship applicants have rated the interview process at Caterpillar with 2.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 83% positive. To compare, the company-average is 72.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Internship roles take an average of 19 days to get hired, when considering 25 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Caterpillar overall takes an average of 24 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Caterpillar as a Internship according to 25 Glassdoor interviews include:
Drug test: 23%
One on one interview: 21%
Group panel interview: 16%
Skills test: 12%
Background check: 12%
Phone interview: 7%
Presentation: 5%
Personality test: 5%
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Good but they asked lot of questions
Pay will be low but they will All such question like r&d product Costing disclosure everything and interview process 1 hours and above only technical
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Very advanced in costing and based on the intern role
I applied online. I interviewed at Caterpillar in Jan 2026
Interview
1 hour with 2 interviewers. There were about 5-6 questions, and you MUST follow the STAR method. They seemed to be taking extensive notes between each question. They also said if I didn't like the question that I could ask for an alternative question as the questions were meant to learn a specific trait about me.
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They asked me how I did decide what college I wanted to go to.
Star interview process for the entire interview. lasted for about an hour and a half, very kind people. If you need more time to respond they give it to you and you can ask to repeat any question is needed.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Caterpillar (Vellore) in Aug 2025
Interview
It was on campus interview. I was selected after I performed well on the hackathon. There were 5 rounds. The first was Online test -> Hackathon-> GD -> Technical Round 1 -> Behavioural Round
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The asked me to draw ER diagram, and then perform a simple query on it using joins.