Sourcing applicants have rated the interview process at General Mills with 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 74.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Sourcing roles take an average of 12 days to get hired, when considering 2 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 Sourcing according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 25%
Personality test: 25%
Phone interview: 13%
IQ intelligence test: 13%
Background check: 13%
Drug test: 13%
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It was very important to be innovative and inquisitive. They asked me a lot of questions and wanted to hear my opinion and why I had that opinion. For example, where is the price of oil going?
I applied through college or university. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at General Mills (Minneapolis, MN)
Interview
They asked three basic behavioral based interview questions that were related to past job experience and school experiences. They also asked two questions that were directly related to sourcing at General Mills. These questions were much tougher, especially if you don't know much about sourcing.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you were a flour buyer for General Mills and you want to buy flour but the price just went up, what do you do?