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Summer College Intern at Cummins
No Offer – Reviewed May 1, 2013
Interview Details – Phone screening interview was predominantly behavioral. Interviewer was professional but not very warm. Afterwards, it took a number of weeks to get back to me; they thought they had an opening for me but somehow they were mistaken.
Interview Question – Tell me a time when you were given a confusing assignment and had to sort things out. Answer Question
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Thermo-fluid Engineer at Cummins
No Offer – Reviewed Apr 25, 2013
Interview Details – Applied online, then got telephonic interview which was all behavioral which was not that difficult. Then got second phone interview which was divided mainly into 3 section, 1. Technical 2. Behavioral 3. Situational. Technical question asked based on resume, behavioral questions same which was asked in 1st interview. For every thermofluid engineer they will ask 1st law of thermodynamics.
Interview Question – Which is the most difficult problem u solved Answer Question
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Operations Assistant at Cummins
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Columbus, IN – Reviewed Apr 25, 2013
Interview Details – Interview process was easy. It took a long time for HR to write a job description. After initial interview it was 2 months before I was told I was hired. The culture at Tahoe COB is somewhat stuffy but is relaxing some. Dress business professional for the interview.
Interview Question – What is your worst regret and what was your greatest achievement, either personally or professionally. Answer Question
Negotiation Details – Not a lot of negotiation room.
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Engineer at Cummins
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Columbus, IN – Reviewed Apr 16, 2013
Interview Details – The "process", like all Cummins' processes is like a poorly planned game show with almost a complete lack of necessary verbal communications. There are lots of hoops and paperwork that lead up to several rounds of "interviews" that are structured to be both intimidating and confrontational. Unfortunately, I ignored many of these Red Flags for the lure of a better salary. It was not worth it.
Interview Question – None of the questions were difficult. The participants obviously had been "assigned" the task of interviewing and had no genuine interest. Therefore, "the game" was simply to ask seemingly random or "canned" questions aimed more at trying to highlight the dominance of the interviewer. Answer Question
Negotiation Details – Negotiation? Are you kidding?
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Mechanical Engineer at Cummins
No Offer – Interviewed in Oct 2012 – Reviewed Apr 8, 2013
Interview Details – On-campus interview. 2 interviewers. This first round interview focuses on technical background rather than behaviors.
Interview Question –
1. Design process
2. Fatigue experience
3. Hands on experience of mechanics
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Internship/Co-op at Cummins
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Apr 2013 – Reviewed Apr 7, 2013
Interview Details –
Talked with the company representative during career fair in the college. They asked me to apply online using a special code. Applied the way she asked me to do in company website.Got a mail asking for a telephonic interview in two weeks time.
Questions asked-
Some general questions like GPA ,location preferences,when can you start working ? etc
and then asked ,
What is the difficult situation you faced when working in a group?
Interview Question –
What is the most innovative and challenging situation that you have come across?
Tell something for which you were praised ?
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Validation Engineer at Cummins
Declined Offer – Interviewed in Mar 2013 – Reviewed Mar 28, 2013
Interview Details – Submitted Resume online. Received an email to schedule a Phone Interview. After the phone interview I was scheduled a face to face interview. Behaviorial questions mainly
Interview Question – Tell me a time where it was hard to work in a group Answer Question
Reason for Declining – Due to Location
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Sourcing Manager at Cummins
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Columbus, IN Apr 2010 – Reviewed Mar 25, 2013
Interview Details –
6 interviewers
3 Sourcing managers
3 sourcing directors
- Just reading from the list.
-feels like they ask the whole department to interview me
- typical questions
Interview Question – Nothing difficult or out of the ordinary Answer Question
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Project Manager at Cummins
Accepted Offer – Reviewed Mar 25, 2013
Interview Details – Had about 9 one-on-one interviews. The lunch interview was with the Hiring Manager. All were professional management questions. None in any of the interviews were related to PM methodology or any technology.
Interview Question – None really. If you have experience and understanding of PM processes, it easy to crack this interview. Answer Question
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Mechanical Engineer at Cummins
No Offer – Interviewed in Gainesville, FL Sep 2012 – Reviewed Mar 21, 2013
Interview Details –
On Campus Interview for about 40 minutes
Firslty the interviewer confirmed about my identity over the phone.The interviewer asked me about my resume and then started the situation based questions. She was noting my answers so she requested me to be slow. I was little fast in answering her the questions. Some of the questions she asked me were :
1. How do you resolve conflict with your team mate?
2. How do you manage time?
3. What are your career aspiration once your graduate?
4. What is your strongest quality and on the flip side what is your weakest quality?
5. How do you handle multiple projects at the same time?
6. Tell me about your self?
Interview Question – How do you resolve conflict with your team mate? Answer Question
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