I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at General Mills (Vineland, NJ) in Aug 2008
Interview
The process took less than a week. After phone interview, they had me flying next day to the plant. I was interviewed on Tuesday morning and had an offer next morning. There were 4-5 interview sessions, one with each manager e.g. plant, operations, department head, and logistics. There was a lunch session where I met with other employees that were holding similar position as the one I was being interviewed for. There was a brief plant tour, a personality test and an a skills test - general math, analysis etc. About 40 -50 questions and about 30 seconds for each question. There was also a personality test on line before the interview day that was 90 minutes long i believe.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Describe a situation where you had to make a decision based on limited information on hand.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at General Mills (Mumbai) in Mar 2012
Interview
STAR - Situation, Task, Analysis and Result based. Questions are fixed and basis the quality and depth of the answers - the candidates are rated.
You would be given / asked to describe a situation and then need to explain about how did you analyse the situation and whta did you do and what was the result?
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
tell me the mistake you committed and how did you overcome
The process took 2 months. I interviewed at General Mills in Jan 2012
Interview
Phone screen by a corp recruiter, followed a week or so later by a phone interview with plant HR, followed by another phone interview with plant management. Finally got a call to come up and interview at the plant in person. Took a personality test (Hogan) and an IQ type test. (wonderlic). Took about 10 days to get the offer. Standard behavioral questions, they are looking to assess key attributes and will probe until they get a complete answer. Plant tour was also part of the morning. Four 1:1 interviews, assessment, and a plant tour took around 5 hours.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Very standard questions about decision making, results leadership, coaching barriers, etc.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at General Mills in Jan 2010
Interview
Initial communication was through a recruiter who had me fill out a form that had ten questions such as why would you want to move to a rural area, why this industry, etc. It also included several behavioral type questions about actual work situations. Then I had a phone interview with HR and a person who would be my peer if hired. Then two on-line assessments. Then I was called to interview in the plant. It was all day long and started with an IQ type test on-line. Then it was a plant tour followed by four interviews with different people from the plant manager and staff on down to my potential peers.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What was the hardest thing you ever had to do and how did you handle it and what were the results?