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Updated Jan 4, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Sales Manager for Power Generation at ABB Group
Posted Jan 4, 2012
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2011 in Jakarta (Indonesia) (took 4+ weeks)
1) Initial search and screening process
- recruiting agency singled out candidate from LinkedIn
- requested updated resume/CV + requested expected salary (by email)
- Face to face interview with a recruiter
2) Recruiter passed candidate to HR department
- ABB local HR office sent out application forms with very detail personal questionnaires (expect to list blood types, sibling names, parents name, and your spouse and children DOBs)
- candidate to fill out salary history (candidate to attach copy of pay slip)
- candidate expected to fill medical information form
- candidate to fill out 1 page psychological questionnaires
3) Interviews with ABB
- face to face interview with overseas Business Development Manager/VP
- face to face interview with overseas HR manager and Senior Sales Manager
4) Last interview
- recruiter phone calls asking for salary history
- numerous phone call asking for salary history (which I declined)
- ABB sent out offer letter with very basic salary package
- Declined job offer
- Recruiter called candidate and threatened to blacklist candidate from its recruiting agency for failing to accept the offer.
Interview Questions
Reason for Declining
- No transparency on job duties
- No transparency on budgeted salary range for the position
- High pressure interview tactics (trying to get salary history from candidate by bouncing the interview from internal HR department and recruiting agency)
- Low salary package
Other Details
I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Personality Test.
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Senior Domain Engineer at ABB Group
Posted Dec 31, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2011 in Bangalore (India) (took a day)
Interview was held in person.
Interview Questions
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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No
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Engineer at ABB Group
Posted Nov 16, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2009 in Cairo (Egypt) (took a day)
A typical hr interview. Questions ranging from personal information to ambitions and goals. Key strengths and weakness points. Lasted for a hour.
Interview Questions
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Personality Test.
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Embedded Software Engineer at ABB Group
Posted Nov 1, 2011
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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 2011 in Turgi (Switzerland) (took 5 days)
I had applied for two openings. Recieved call and had telephonic interview. It was only a profile screening in the telephonic interview. After a week had an onsite interview. Onsite interview consisted of general HR questions, Complete screening of my profile again and a company tour. In the onsite interview I was explained about the job profile. Which was no where matching to my skills.I was sure my profile would not be considered further and the same happened.
Interview Questions
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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No
Inappropriate?
Management Trainee at ABB Group
Posted Sep 21, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2010 in Bangalore (India) (took 4 days)
5 stage round. Technical written test, GD, Case Study Presentation, Technical interview, HR interview
Interview Questions
Negotiation Details
Ours was a standard process
Other Details
I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Presentation, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.
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Other at ABB Group
Posted Aug 31, 2010
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2008 (took a day)
Asked me to describe everything I've listed on my resume including projects and current job functions.
Interview Questions
Other Details
The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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No
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Engineering at ABB Group
Posted Jul 26, 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 2010 in Vasteras, Varmland (Sweden) (took 2 days)
I applied this position on their website. About two weeks later the human resource contacted me by email to arrange a phone interview. The interviewer was a senior engineer who was very nice. It lasted about 30 minutes, and basically reviewed my resume. There was not too many technical questions. He asked mainly my education background and project experience over the last few years.
Interview Questions
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.
Helpful Interview?
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No
Inappropriate?
Research Engineer at ABB Group
Posted Jul 9, 2010
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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 Jun 2010 in Vasteras, Vastmanland (Sweden) (took 3 weeks)
The interview took 6 hours continously and divided into 5 phases. 1. chatting with HR on general questions during which you may choose whatever topic if you can dominate the conversation. 2. Group leader will test your ability of practical work from discussion on your previous experience. 3. Presentation to the perspective colleagues on what you have done so far. Don't expect to finish all the slides because it turns into mutual discussion eventually. 4. Discussion with the Head of Division, some specific technical question will come at this point and try to make yourself clear. 5. Lunch with group leader and colleagues, mainly chatting on families, hobbies, football...6. Personality interview by HR in the Division, chatting as in coffee break.
Interview Questions
Negotiation Details
I feel no need to negotiate this time. It is my first real job and I am satisfied.
Other Details
The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Presentation, a Personality Test and a Drug Test.
Helpful Interview?
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Applications Engineer at ABB Group
Posted Jun 3, 2010
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2008 in Warminster, PA (took a day)
I got both phone interviewed and in-person interviewed. The people I interviewed with are nice and easy going but not professional interviewers. They did not ask the regular interview questions but exchanged experience of what they do and what I do. But the waiting time to get the office is long
Interview Questions
Negotiation Details
no negotiation applied
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Skills Test, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Senior Project Manager at ABB Group
Posted Apr 16, 2010
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2008 (took a day)
Found job at internal job postings, applied online, got contact over phone, interview, job offer, salary discussion, acceptance.
Interview Questions
Negotiation Details
Salary
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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