I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at John Deere in Sep 2018
Interview
My sophomore year I talked with a recruiter on campus during a career fair. He was a very personable down to earth guy. I got a next day interview on campus with a different recruiter. He asked me a lot of STAR (Situation, Task, Action, Result) behavioral questions during the interview. I want to say we were limited on time to 1 hour. The questions were basic leadership and team cooperation questions. At the end he opened it up for discussion where I had the opportunity to ask a few questions. I asked for his business card and thanked him for his time during the interview afterwards.
Very quickly after in a few days I got notified I made it past the first round interview and would go onto a second round interview at their headquarters. They paid for a flight and hotel stay and took me and the rest of the interns out to their headquarters. The toured us through their headquarters, gave us a nice meal, and had 2 rounds of interviews. The interviews were similar to the first interview I had on campus. Nothing out of the ordinary.
Not terribly hard interview process, lots of STAR based questions and tell me about a time when questions. They were looking for problem solving skills and wanted to understand how I navigated challenges.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time you solved a problem in a pinch
Start by reviewing employment history. Questions are asked and the answer is to be given in the STAR format: Situation Task Action Results. Each interview seems to end with question about
Recruiters came to the school for the career fair. Took a picture of your resume and then notified you when they were doing the on campus interviews. Interview was with two current Deere employees
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
STAR method
What was a time when you had to be innovative?
Supply Chain applicants have rated the interview process at John Deere with 2.6 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 60% positive. To compare, the company-average is 75.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Supply Chain roles take an average of 19 days to get hired, when considering 5 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at John Deere overall takes an average of 25 days.
Common stages of the interview process at John Deere as a Supply Chain according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 25%
Group panel interview: 17%
One on one interview: 17%
Background check: 17%
Phone interview: 17%
Drug test: 8%
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