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Financial Analyst at General Mills
Posted Nov 24, 2011
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4.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2011 in Minneapolis, MN (took 2 days)
Came to our school and interviewed for the first rounds. If you move on, then they send you out to the HQ for the final rounds. I got there on a Monday night where I was taken out to dinner with 2 GMI employees and 3 others who were interviewing for finance. Next day was 4 interviews throughout the day and met a ton of people. Advice:
-Talk to as many people as possible to find out stuff about company
-Pace yourself
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Financial Analyst at General Mills
Posted Nov 7, 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 Oct 2011 in Mississauga, ON (Canada) (took a day)
Found the Financial Analyst posting on my university career website. Got first round interview without even needing to network at the information session. The interview was very structured but straight forward. Every candidate was given the same questions to answer. Was told I would hear back within the next few weeks for next steps. Got a phone call just three business days later to go into head office for the second and final round interview. Asked if I wanted to stay in the hotel overnight since there was going to be a mixer the night before where applicants could speak with current Financial Analysts at the company. When I spoke with the people there, they were all very chill and easy-going and I could see myself working there easily.
The next morning, woke up bright and early for a 7am intelligence test on the computer at the General Mills head office in Mississauga. Got that done and waited for four back-to-back-to-back-to-back interviews, from 9am to 11am. Interviewers ranged from Controller to Director of Finance to Director of HR to VP Finance. Each interviewer had their own set of questions to ask the applicants. The controller was an intense kind of guy and he asked me these questions: What was your best decision, what was your worst decision, what was your best idea, what was your worst idea. However, the other three interviewers were really chill and their questions were what you would expect of a behavioural interview: What analytical skills do you have?
After that, the current Financial Analysts at the company gave the other applicants and me a tour of the company, where we saw the cafeteria and the cool "shop", where you could buy General Mills products at a discount. Afterwards, our designated "buddy" from the company took each applicant out for lunch, and the lunch was compensated by the company.
Overall, thought I had great, strong interviews and expected an offer. Didn't hear back for two weeks, until I received an email from HR (an email!!!! not even a personal phone call) telling me I didn't get the position.
Sidenote: Apparently the pay at General Mills isn't competitive.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and an IQ/Intelligence Test.
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Financial Analyst at General Mills
Posted Oct 9, 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 Sep 2011 in Toronto, ON (Canada) (took 2 weeks)
Mostly behavioral, the guy was very nice, helped me through my answers. Make sure to answer all questions in Context - Action - Result format, their interview sheets are actually designed in this way.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Financial Analyst at General Mills
Posted Apr 25, 2010
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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 2009 (took a day)
After scheduling the phone interview date and time with the company recruiter I talked with the hiring manager.. Questions were basic stuff like: "Where do you see yourself in 5 years?" or he asked me to talk about my work history briefly..why I want to leave my current job..why GM..a few accomplishments from current or past positions..etc.. They did not offer me a job because the job was paying way less then what I made at that time.
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