Maintenance Generalist applicants have rated the interview process at Tyson Foods 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 67.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Maintenance Generalist roles take an average of 7 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Tyson Foods overall takes an average of 20 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Tyson Foods as a Maintenance Generalist according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Drug test: 20%
Skills test: 20%
Presentation: 10%
Group panel interview: 10%
Other: 10%
Background check: 10%
IQ intelligence test: 10%
One on one interview: 10%
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I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Tyson Foods (Wilkesboro, NC) in Sep 2025
Interview
Called in for an interview. Met with HR. Asked several questions regarding electric equipment, engineering and maintenance. Given a tour of the EVIS plant (to check if I can handle the amount of blood and chicken processing products).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
My experience in electrical engineering, maintenance. Like welding and use of PLCs. I have a master's in mathematics and 20 yrs experience in construction, so this was trivial.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Tyson Foods
Interview
Asked me standard questions about what I know. Electrical, plumbing, three phase wiring, hydraulics.
Then asked why I wanted to work for them and other questions.
Interviewed on a Monday and got an offer that Friday