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Updated Jan 13, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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PMP Project Manager at Corning
Posted Jan 13, 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 Jan 2012 in Corning, NY (took 6 weeks)
I responded to recruiters posting in the beginning of December 2011 and I send my resume. I was asked to answer questions from company which I did. After a month I was asked if I am still available. Phone interview was scheduled. Recruiting company provided me with opportunity to speak with former employee at the same position which I took. Phone interview went wrong from very beginning - corporate recruiter had an negative opinion from the beginning about my candidacy and I was not able to change it despite attempts from my side. I was told that company sees me as Business Analyst not Project Manager, and my knowledge is theoretical only, despite 14 years of professional experience (in which I was BA for a year). Overall: very positive on recruiter side, very negative on the corporate side.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Senior Scientist at Corning
Posted Dec 26, 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 Nov 2009 in Corning, NY (took 3 weeks)
Recruiting was friendly. Each one in the interview team asked probing but appropriate questings. Team work is valued in the culture. Do not pretent you know the answer for the question if you don't.
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Negotiation Details
To a small extent
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Production Supervisor at Corning
Posted Dec 9, 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 Aug 2009 in Wilmington, NC (took 5 days)
Recieved a lead from a recruiter, accepted the opportunity to do a phone interview. Completed phone interview was fairly straightforward asked a lot of integrity and work ethic type questions. Their HR department setup my travel and went for a site visit and interview. Consisted of a breakfast where I was drilled with questions which was kind of annoying, then a tour, then a panel interview where somone from each department (7 people) came and interviewed you one at a time. They also gave me a engineering skills test because the next step in career progression was a move into the engineering department. The interview was difficult, some of the managers that interviewed had very pointed and specfic questions, while others were easier going. I didn't like that they tried to interview me during breakfast and at lunch, had very few breaks in between the line of hiring managers. But some of the managers seemed like real go-geters and the others seem like they just wanted to try to break you. I did get asked a lot of the same questions between the managers, I think they wanted to see if you changed your answers while talking to different managers. Overall I thought the interview went good, but it took them a week to tell me thanks but no thanks. I didn't feel like it was a very professional way to handle potential applicants. It wasn't good or bad.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Skills Test.
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Research Scientist at Corning
Posted Dec 7, 2011
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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 Jan 2009 (took 2 days)
Interview process was very professional and to the point. Spent 2 days during the interview process. This included 1:1s, a 30min detailed technical presentation on my research background and topics. The interviewers are very friendly, yet know their work. They even included an area tour of the city. The arrangements were made by the administrator and handled both air tickets, car rental and hotel.
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Other Details
I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Presentation, a Skills Test, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Quality Engeer at Corning
Posted Dec 7, 2011
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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 Feb 2011 in Corning, NY (took a day)
After a phone screening interview I was asked to come for an in person interview that would consist of a presentation and one-on-one interviews.
The presentation was supposed to be something that a layperson could understand, but show technical competency - a bit of a challenge. I presented to about 10 people and felt that I had done a fairly good job, though I wasn't able to adequately answer some of the questions that the senior technical person asked. Later I was told that he always asks those questions and they revolve around his favorite analysis technique that few people know about.
The morning meetings seem to go well. One was a walking interview, which was fine with me. The senior technical person was supposed to interview me over lunch. As we walked to lunch he implied that I had misrepresented my education on my resume, and that I should apply for completely different jobs in the company. I was stunned, as this was not true. He took me to a small, tired bar and grill for lunch where I had a sandwich. I figured the nails were already in the coffin by this point so I got a doggie bag for my leftovers - impressions be damned!
I debated about leaving after lunch, but stayed for the remaining interviews. One afternoon interview sticks out as offering very valuable insight into the company. Advancement is based how much money you make the company, not how much value you give. There are pros and cons to this. High level people select the most lucrative projects in order to advance, low level people try to get on lucrative projects in order to advance. Smaller, low profit projects are pushed to the margins, even if those projects can expect to save the company money over time. The engineer telling me this appreciated the effectiveness of the approach, but did not seem happy about it.
At the end of the day I went home pretty down. After learning about the culture I had much less interest in the position. I could have tried to do damage control by addressing the senior technical persons questions again after the interview, but I chose not to. I followed up with email messages to most, but not all of the interviewers, and received no replies back. I submitted an expense report and received travel reimbursement. I received no further communication from the company after the interview - no rejection, no thank you, nothing.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Presentation.
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Senior Research Scientist at Corning
Posted Oct 4, 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 Jun 2011 (took 6 weeks)
The interview consisted of a phone interview and on-site. The phone interview was conducted by team manager and technical colleagues. The on-site interview took one day including a 1-hr presentation, followed by several sessions of 1:1 interviews covering technical as well as behavior questions.
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Project Manager at Corning
Posted Sep 7, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed May 2011 in Corning, NY (took 3+ weeks)
Recruiter conducted phone screen. Then a skills test was administered. Then the hiring manager conducted a phone screen. Then there was an in-person interview with 2 personnel. What became clear from the interview process was the following: 1. contractors are largely running the enterprise PMO....40 out of 51 are contractors, 2. there was a significant project backlog but that projects were consistently behind schedule and no one was sure why...i.e., they are lost., 3. senior management is reluctant to bring on more resources because due to consistent delivery lateness even thought there is a large project backlog, 4. the interviewers, although older...>50, were novices at interviewing who spent more time making statements then in eliciting responses.
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Other Details
I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Skills Test.
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Batch Systems Engineer at Corning
Posted Jun 27, 2011
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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 Mar 2011 (took 2 days)
The courting started at an on campus recruiting session where I submitted a resume to a recruiter. Within two days I had an email from him telling me they wanted me to come to Corning NY for a facilities tour and interview. The first night consisted of dinner with the recruiter and a surprise guest appearance from the department head but it was very relaxed and laid back. The second day consisted of a tour starting at 6:30AM followed by a personal presentation and finally one on one interviews with everyone you would be working with if you got the job. Company was very family oriented and seemed fitting for people that prefer being based in a small town environment.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Presentation.
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Accountant at Corning
Posted Jun 8, 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 May 2011 (took 3 days)
Phone interview first
1:1 onsite interview with 5-10 people depending on the position
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Product Development at Corning
Posted Mar 5, 2011
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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 Jan 2011 (took a day)
Had one behavioral interview with a general HR representative, and was contacted about a month later by someone within a specific division who wanted to discuss a potential project. The interviews were easy and comfortable. The people seemed very nice, and really cared about the long-term perspective of things: from summer internship to full-time position.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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