It was fast. I got a call for an intervew within a week of applying, but I hired on when the hiring was good. Now they are indefinately laying off a lot of people, so my experiences won't help anyone.
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at John Deere (Horicon, WI) in Oct 2017
Interview
The first thing they had me do was come in for the SAM test. I ended up picking a date that the computer lab was actually closed and someone from HR contacted me scheduled me for a different date. They set up a little area for me to take the test since I was the only one brought in that day. The test was pretty simple in my opinion. If you read thoroughly you should be just fine. I was given an interview that same day after passing the test. Questions were pretty basic and they gave me feedback as well, which was nice so I knew how I could improve some things. That same day they sent me to Health Services for the physical and hair drug test. Pretty basic physical. After I was cleared by medical I was emailed an offer almost immediately.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Have you ever used personal protective equipment (PPE) in the workplace?
Welder applicants have rated the interview process at John Deere with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 75.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Welder roles take an average of 1 day to get hired, when considering 2 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 Welder according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Drug test: 20%
One on one interview: 20%
Skills test: 20%
Background check: 10%
Phone interview: 10%
Personality test: 10%
Presentation: 10%
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