Food Scientist applicants have rated the interview process at General Mills with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 80% positive. To compare, the company-average is 74.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Food Scientist roles take an average of 12 days to get hired, when considering 5 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at General Mills overall takes an average of 21 days.
Common stages of the interview process at General Mills as a Food Scientist according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 44%
Presentation: 22%
Skills test: 11%
IQ intelligence test: 11%
Drug test: 11%
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It was mostly a combination of basic behavioral questions and technical questions. A series of four interviews were done back to back. Followed by lunch and dinner meetings with other employees at the company.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you develop a product that is already popular in Japan, and bring its popularity to Brazil and Europe
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at General Mills
Interview
I got the interview through an info session in my department. I submitted my resume online, once I was contacted about an interview I had to submit a short campus recruitment online application form. On campus interview with 2 current employees. Ran very behind schedule but the interview was comfortable.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Situational questions (What would you do if/what steps would you take if/etc). Technical questions (how would you address this problem with ingredient/in plant; what changes in product if switched ingredient A with ingredient B; etc)
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at General Mills (Madison, WI)
Interview
on campus info session, then schedule the 1-1 interview, the whole recruiting process is clear and easy to understand. half an hour per person, covered behavior and a bit technical background check.