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Updated Feb 9, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Engineering at 3M
Posted Feb 9, 2012
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2010 (took 3 months)
Everyone at 3M was really friendly. The interview process went very smoothly, except that it took a really long time. 6 months had passed between when I applied for the job and my first day of work.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Engineer at 3M
Posted Oct 6, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 (took a day)
Interview for Optimized Operations Engineer. The interview was heavily statistics and Six Sigma related, and they obviously put a lot of effort onto Six Sigma at the company. I wasn't selected primarily because I didn't have a previous internship with the company, which makes me wonder why they even bothered to interview in the first place.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Engineering at 3M
Posted Aug 8, 2011
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5.0
Very Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2009 in Saint Paul, MN (took 4 days)
initial communication - phone
planning of the interview very organized
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The interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview, a Skills Test, a Personality Test and a Background Check.
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Engineering at 3M
Posted May 13, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2009 (took 4+ weeks)
Scored the interview through my school. Consuisted of first a group interview that was fairly informal and went well. Followed this up with a series of written test on skills, apptitude, and knowledge. The final round was a one on one interview.
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Negotiation Details
First job out of school and did not negotiate.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test and a Drug Test.
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Engineering at 3M
Posted Mar 11, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2010 (took a day)
Interview was well organized, and took place on time. It was a basic 1:1 behavioral interview. I was asked questions about previous experiences and a given a couple of hypothetical situations. The interviewer was looking for anything out of the box and innovative. The company thrives on new designs and concepts and seem to embrace fresh ideas.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Engineering at 3M
Posted Aug 13, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2008 (took a day)
Applied online after seeing their job description and was made to wait 1.5 months before they got back. Asked to schedule a phone interview and was asked very basic questions about my profile and how I would fit in.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Engineering at 3M
Posted Jul 25, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2008 (took 3 days)
6 interviews with six people over two days
Reason for Declining
poor fit
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Engineering at 3M
Posted Jun 3, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2008 in Singapore (Singapore) (took 2+ weeks)
There were 2 interviews. The first interview was with the HR, senior engineer and the manager. It was mainly for preliminary assessment. The second interview was with the direct hiring manager, focusing on the exact position to fill. A personality survey was also conducted at the second interview. Each interview is about 45 minutes to 1hr.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Engineer at 3M
Posted Mar 17, 2010
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2009 (took 2 weeks)
3M recruiter will grab the resume, and contact you for an interview on campus. They asked all of our experiences, make sure you are very familiar with your resume. They also ask you the typical interview questions, like "what's your strength & weaknesses? " "what's your team work experience?"
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Engineering at 3M
Posted Feb 9, 2010 — 0 of 1 people found this helpful
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2009 in Maplewood, MN (took a day)
The on campus interviewer was very nice. Unfortunately, the process of getting into the door at the company (aka an on site visit) is not transparent at all. Rather than simply submitting my resume one time, I have to continuously apply to positions within the company. After the resume as been submitted to a black hole, 3 weeks later, I receive a rejection letter (like clockwork). I have yet to be contacted since my first interview. This strategy does not appear to be good for the company because they will miss out on some great candidates. Other companies that I have interviewed with have taken my resume and passed it around to the groups that they thought I would be a good fit. From there, the groups have contacted me. This approach prevents underquilfied individuals from applying to positions and provides hiring managers an additional opportunity to find people that may not have noticed the advertisement for the position the he/she has open.
It is sad to see such an innovative company lose out on great candidates. I am not the only person bothered by this hiring approach. Please for the sake of your shareholders, improve your hiring practices.
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