Cargill Interview Questions & Reviews in Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN Area
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Updated Mar 30, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Data Analyst at Cargill
Posted Mar 30, 2012
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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 May 2011 in Minneapolis, MN (took 4 weeks)
I had three different phone interviews. Look into the background of the company this seems to impress the interviewers.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Personality Test, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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IT Desktop Support at Cargill
Posted Mar 29, 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 Dec 2010 in Hopkins, MN (took a day)
Phone interview was very general, no specific technical questions. Personal interview was not complex either. Few simple technical questions. Interviewer was very friendly and supportive.
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Negotiation Details
This was contract position and potential employer clarified there is no negotiation on this position.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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General at Cargill
Posted Feb 26, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2011 in Wayzata, MN (took 2 weeks)
Behavior based, use good examples of past experience. Great to have examples from previous work experience or internships.
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Supervisor
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I applied In-Person and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Process Designer at Cargill
Posted Nov 19, 2011
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2011 in Minneapolis, MN (took a day)
6 month assignment turned into an interview for a full time position
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Negotiation Details
Not able to negotiate, offer and salary banding were not transparent. Messages from various managers and HR were inconsistent.
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The interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview.
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Fill Room Operator at Cargill
Posted Sep 1, 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 Jun 2009 in Minneapolis, MN (took a day)
It was advertised on the web and then I applied for it. I was sent an email for an interview with the recruitment agency. After I was successful I sat for an exams and passed. I then went for a second interview with the company and was successful. Be sure
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Negotiation Details
Just give a reasonable range
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview.
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Org Development at Cargill
Posted Aug 22, 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 Jan 2011 in Minneapolis, MN (took 2 months)
Two different business owners, then the business owner changed roles and I had to initiate communication to get a status on the role and what if any next steps.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Phone Interview.
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Human Resources at Cargill
Posted Jun 11, 2011 — 2 of 2 people found this helpful
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2011 in Minneapolis, MN (took 3 months)
THINK TWICE. This was the most 1-way and INAPPROPRIATE interview process I ever experienced. I would recommend being very careful in considering to interview with this company. In particular, think twice about giving reference information early in the process as they may not keep information collected confidential.
STEP 1: The process started with phone screen, then continued with several phone-based interviews.
STEP 2: The next phase included a visit to the offices in MN for a full day of 1:1 interviews. After traveling to MN, they ushered me into a conference room and interviewers came in one after the other to interview me all day. They did not ask me if I wanted to see the environment / office or allow me to see a common work space. In a follow-up call, they asked me what I thought of the company and I let them know that I would like to actually see the office / workspace in a future visit.
STEP 3: After passing that round, I was asked to complete an online referral process where I they asked for contact information on 2 previous managers, 2 current peers and 2 or more individuals who reported to me to give online feedback. This was very UNCOMFORTABLE at this phase of the process. Typically, referrals are used at the end of he process, when a candidate is leaning heavily toward taking the opportunity, not in the middle. This required that I disclosed that I was interviewing to several co-workers who provided referrals. Although the input was collected online, which was convenient for colleagues, they were given a very short timeframe, I believe 3-4 days, to provide the input.
STEP 4: After that moving past that phase, I was asked to come back to MN and participate in an intensive executive assessment. The pre-work for the day's visit involved doing 4 hours of online personality assessments and tests. They requested that the pre-work be completed within 5 days during a working week. The assessments in-person involved 8 hours of additional online tests, simulations, and in-depth interviews.
STEP 5: After the day, the hiring manager did not call me for 2 weeks. I felt like I had spent a day in an X-ray booth for them and now they left me hanging without any feedback or contact. They did call 2 weeks later providing very little explanation of the delay and then asked for more references. I had given 2 former, recent bosses who had left the company and they asked for more current co-workers / bosses. I thought this was completely INAPPROPRIATE.
STEP 6: I continued in the process and gave them additional references. The individuals who they spoke to as my references told me that the conversations were very unusual. Two of the references said that the recruiter told them about input collected from the online referrals and executive assessment. AGAIN, completely INAPPROPRIATE.
Although a few months have past, I thought I was clear of this NEGATIVE experience. Well they were once again INAPPROPRIATE. One of their recruiters called one of my references and asked for ideas on candidates for another role. I REGRET giving them any reference information. They did not treat information confidentially or participate in the process professionally.
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I applied In-Person and the interview consisted of a Background Check, a Personality Test, a Skills Test, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a 1:1 Interview and a Phone Interview.
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Commodity Trader at Cargill
Posted May 17, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2011 in Hopkins, MN (took 2 months)
Five rounds of interviews and in total I interviewed with nine separate individuals. The process really tests your stamina.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Operations at Cargill
Posted Apr 26, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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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 Mar 2011 in Minneapolis, MN (took 4+ weeks)
Process started with a call from HR, followed by a phone interview that lasted about 45 minutes. A week later I got another phone call from HR telling me the phone interview went well. Two weeks later I was sent to the Cargill HQ in Minneapolis, MN. There was a brief company orientation, and HR gave all of the candidates their itinerary for the day which consisted of 3 seperate interviews with the leadership team. Each interview was about 45 minutes or so. Upon leaving we were given a bag with the company magazine, benefit highlights, and other documents further explaining some of the Cargill BU's. One week later I got an offer contingent on completion of a background check, drug screen, and visit to the facility. I start in May.
Overall, the interview process was smooth, and professional. Excited to get started!
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Business Analyst at Cargill
Posted Mar 21, 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 Oct 2010 in Minnetonka Mills, MN (took a day)
Interviewers were friendly and the interview seemed to go very well.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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