ADM automation engineer Interview

Interviewed Mar 2009 in Decatur, IL (took 2 days)

The hiring process was very unorganized. I got a phone call to be onsite and requested an agenda and background on the hiring manager and the business he represented within ADM. I received no feedback before the interview. There were 4 candidates interviewed on the same day.

I had no specific expereince in the food industry and was treated as an outcast from the very beginning. My technical background was much stronger than the other candidates but the questioning during lunch and during the panel interview was all related to who I knew in the food industry and why ADM was superior to all the others. I never had a chance and the interview was merely a formality.

It pays to have a connection within ADM. it pays be a local who fits in with the "culture" in Decatur. (rural mentality whose most important thing is working at ADM)