Parallel Co-Op applicants have rated the interview process at Caterpillar with 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 72.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Parallel Co-Op roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 2 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 Parallel Co-Op according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 33%
Drug test: 33%
Skills test: 33%
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Reached out to me and scheduled an interview with a recruiter, then did a teams interview with a panel of engineers to learn about what specific team I would fit into. The process is quite slow and takes a while, but it is worth the wait.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Caterpillar (Lafayette, IN) in Feb 2018
Interview
Met with a recruiter at a career fair. Had an in-person interview. Interviewer was very nice and easy to talk to. Completely STAR based questions, so were looking more for behavior than actual position-based information.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Q: Tell me about a time that you learned from your failure.
Q: Describe a stressful situation you were in and how you handled it.
Q: Tell me about a time when you performed well under enormous pressure