Candidates applying for Graduate Trainee roles take an average of 60 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Croda overall takes an average of 31 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Croda as a Graduate Trainee according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 33%
Phone interview: 33%
One on one interview: 33%
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I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Croda (Hull, England) in Aug 2014
Interview
The interview process was a three day assessment centre. The first day was fairly simple, you arrive, settle into the hotel and then in the evening, have dinner and drinks with graduates that are already on the scheme.
Day two of the assessment centre had a a technical test, basic grammar and punctuation, logic based reasoning test. The end of the day was followed by dinner and drinks with managers currently employed by Croda.
The third and final day, there was formal interview, group exercise and presentation test. This was followed by a tour of one of the manufacturing facilities.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Croda (Singapore) in May 2024
Interview
Interviewed with the director of the department and the HR. Interviewers are nice and friendly. However, the questions they asked were technical and chemistry related, which was quite challenging to answer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What chemical are you most interested about and you have researched a lot about it, and how would you teach a layman what is it?
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Croda (Singapore)
Interview
Smooth and there were 2 rounds of interview with the first being a panel interview and the second being a case study + presentation style kind of setting. You will be put into teams and debate between each other on which point of view will work best regarding a certain topic.
It was difficult but they explained everything clearly and simply which made you feel comfortable about the assessment day and they brought previous graduates in for a q&a which was helpful to here from others who are in the scheme and what they do on a day to day basis
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell us about yourself and why you want to work at Croda