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Updated Jan 3, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Internship at BASF SE
Posted Jan 3, 2012
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2011 (took a day)
Very informal 1 on 1 interview. Covered research background, resume details, potential projects, schedule for the internship, company information, and normal payment range. Got this interview after several rounds of email exchanges.
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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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Research Scientist at BASF SE
Posted Nov 17, 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 Aug 2011 in Ludwigshafen am Rhein (Germany) (took a day)
I initially applied online, got a response from HR in about 3 weeks and made an appointment for a one-day interview. The interview day started from 8:30am and lasted till 3:30pm including a 20 min research presentation and a lunch break (1 hour). There were a total number of 7 interviews (all one-on-one) with different persons from different research groups within the same division and about 50 min each. They asked mostly personal questions regarding my past experiences and special activities and not so many technical questions in general. It was a very long and dense interview day, so be prepared and have enough patients and energy. Don't forget to breathe and smile!
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Presentation.
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Scientist at BASF SE
Posted Oct 20, 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 2011 (took 6 weeks)
Typical 1 full day interview. took long from application to interview. Was interviewed by a different manager on every Questions felt repetitive. Presentation was ok, seems very friendly people.
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Didn't know what to expect, even though was asked my expectation.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Presentation.
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Commercial Role at BASF SE
Posted Aug 23, 2011
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5.0
Very Difficult Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2010 (took a day)
The interview was conducted extremely unprofessionally. The Human Resource personnel was just an extremely young girl (23-25?) who may have thought too highly of BASF's position in the world to understand humility.
The entire interview seemed to be a "free-for-all talk-you-down" session where I had to endure a string of demeaning and insulting comments. Questions included highly personal ones which would have resulted in the company getting itself sued if asked in the USA. Some questions may not even have any relevance to the post at all. The interview went so bad that I almost stopped the interview halfway and walked off. This easily ranks as the most unprofessional and insulting interviews I had ever been through. I wonder if the HR department had any form of training in interviewing techniques at all. Or perhaps, I was their first guinea pig.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Consultant at BASF SE
Posted Jan 17, 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 Dec 2010 (took 3 days)
Very nice interview, I was not really convinced when I applied online but they were very responsive and immediately replied that I was on the shortlist but that the hiring manager had no time to see me.
First interview was with the line manager and his colleague which were both very nice, afterwards I was asked to do an online personality test.
I was asked to interview on director level which was also very spontaneous but informative at the meantime. This director did throw me a bit off with some oddball questions.
Afterwards, I received very detailled feedback in the form of a phone call from the line manager who was very pleasant and explained me why I was not selected for the job. In addition, they offered me to refund my travel expenses occurred during the interview process.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.
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