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Updated Apr 2, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Staff Accountant at Celanese
Posted Apr 2, 2012
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2012 in Dallas, TX (took 4 days)
Sent my resume through my University. I got a call later that same day to schedule a conference phone interview. They were pretty professional.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Financial Analyst at Celanese
Posted Mar 9, 2012
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2012 (took 2 days)
Most of the questions are behavior based, but they asked very smoothly, and tried to learn more about your ideas, not only business, but also everything. It seems that they do not care very much about your technical skills, but more about your personality. I was interviewed by a director, then vp. Very aggressive culture.
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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 Intern at Celanese
Posted Feb 18, 2012
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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)
Celanese came to the career fair. I talked to the recruiter at the booth and applied to the position on the career website. I think Celanese also had an info session. I was selected for a one-on-one interview in the university career center. The interview was pretty standard, except for one problem solving question that didn't make much sense to me.
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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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Procurement at Celanese
Posted Jan 26, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2010 (took 2 weeks)
Contacted by HR Prof. for phone interview. This process consisted mainly of telling me about the position and a few questions to confirm my resume information. I was contacted approximately 1 week later to set up a 1 on 1 with the hiring supv. Interview questions with this supervisor were very typical and more conversational than inquiry. She gave me a tour of the immediate facility and took me to meet one of the team members I could potentially work with while walking by the others. I did not understand that process.
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Initial offer was low based on area average. When I requested more, it took about 2 weeks for details to be worked out and accepted.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Accounting Manager at Celanese
Posted Jan 17, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2011 in Dallas, TX (took 3 days)
This was an internal posting. They just went through the motions because they already knew they were going to promote from within. The interview process was disproportional to the job level. Some of the interviewers were professional while others seemed to get satisfaction out of making the candidate squirm or be uncomfortable. The reasons they gave for their selection were rehearsed, prepared and inaccurate because they needed to justify their choice.
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I applied In-Person and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Mechanical Engineer Intern at Celanese
Posted May 18, 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 Mar 2011 in Houston, TX (took a day)
The interview consisted of basic interview questions: about teamwork skills, interest in work, basic knowledge of company. They also provided a business card, and a few other goodies such as chapstick and mug cover on the side. Overall it was a very average interview process. The interviewer was very friendly and personable.
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Product Development Engineer at Celanese
Posted Jan 6, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2010 in Florence, KY (took a day)
I got this interview during the ACS meeting in Boston in Aug 2010. I applied to the "product development scientist" on the career website of acs.org. They only notified me about the interview by phone that morning. Then the afternoon I was interviewed by two technical people and one HR person in the ACS career fair. They ask me something based on my resume. Other typical questions include: Waht's your big mistake in R&D? What's the example of your successful idea? Generally, they asked me questions according to some syllabus they prepared in advance. During the interview, they also suggested one postdoctoral position to me. I said I would consider both. The interview took 30 minutes, since they will interview a couple of students in one day. In the follow up in Sep and Oct, I did get neither reject or accept email or notification.
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The interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview.
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Engineering at Celanese
Posted Dec 29, 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 Oct 2010 in Houston, TX (took 4 weeks)
Phone interview was followed by an on-site interview. Phone interview was mainly behavioral questions based on my resume. On-site interview involved 45 min presentation of previous work/research followed by meetings with 2 people for an hour each. The hiring manager looked disinterested and appeared that they already had an internal or otherwise candidate in mind.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Presentation.
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PhD Chemist at Celanese
Posted Dec 20, 2010 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2010 in Houston, TX (took a day)
I first had a phone interview just asking me about my research background. It was made pretty clear that they wanted to invite me down for a site visit. A lot of waiting involved to set up that visit however, not unexpectedly.
The facility was nice, smaller than I expected and the people were very kind as well. The dress code was laid back (e.g. jeans, t-shirts). A presentation was given first thing following a short (1 on 1) interview. After the presentation, I received 3 sets of interviews (2 on 1) and a lab tour. The interviews seemed to probe character more than techincal skills. Although I thought I did okay, I think it could have gone better. By my last interview my impression was that they didn't want me. It ended so abruptly I it was noticeably awkward. They closed by saying they would get back to me within a week. Two months later, after calling and e-mailing my interviewers, I finally received notification from an HR rep, whom I decided to contact instead, that I was not selected for the position.
Again my impression is that they really stress finding the appropriate fit as opposed to the most qualified person and this coincides with what I have heard from the company in the past. Not necessarily a bad thing in my opinion.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Personality Test, a Presentation and a 1:1 Interview.
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Engineering Intern at Celanese
Posted Oct 21, 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 Mar 2009 (took a day)
Basic behavioral questions. The man I interviewed with was somewhat unenthusiastic and seemed very traditional. Didn't seem like a great place for a mechanical engineer, although their opportunities for chemical engineers seemed exciting.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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