Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at James Hardie Building Products with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 44.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Engineer roles take an average of 27 days to get hired, when considering 6 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at James Hardie Building Products overall takes an average of 26 days.
Common stages of the interview process at James Hardie Building Products as a Engineer according to 6 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 27%
Group panel interview: 20%
IQ intelligence test: 13%
Personality test: 13%
One on one interview: 13%
Background check: 7%
Presentation: 7%
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I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at James Hardie Building Products (Fontana, CA) in Jun 2014
Interview
Applied for the position and in 3 weeks got a phone screen by a gentleman in Chicago, a week later I was told to perform a video interview. 2 weeks later I had a in lunch meeting with the department chair and engineering manager. a week later I was brought in with 2 other interviewees. No hard questions, mostly interested in hours worked, previous project management stories, and activities outside of work. A week later I was approached about my expected salary (15% more than current), and asked if that was negotiable. I told them give me an offer and it was 6% LESS than I was making.
I interviewed at James Hardie Building Products (Prattville, AL)
Interview
Standard, everyone was very nice and thoroughly explained the job and the plant environment. There was an initial phone interview, then another phone interview with the Manager. I heard back a few days later
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Motivations, hobbies, day-to-day experiences as well as more about challenges I've faced
Process was fun and simple. Was shown around the plant on a tour, met potential coworkers, had two interview panels, and was able to eat lunch with the team as well
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at James Hardie Building Products
Interview
Phone screen with company recruiter, phone screen with recruiting manager, wonderlic test, personality test, phone screen with hiring manager, 2-4 onsite interviews with groups of 3-6 managers/supervisors/engineers, and a token plant tour. The process is standard for bigger companies. You don't know you are wasting your time until you interview with a panel consisting of managers. I met management personnel from multiple plants and there was at least one executive with a confrontational attitude from each.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Which person would you prefer as a manager and why? You are given a choice of three people you dont know, have never met, or ever interacted with.