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Updated Feb 5, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Software Engineer at General Mills
Posted Nov 12, 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 Sep 2011 in Minneapolis, MN (took a day)
It was a two part interview: Behavioral and Technical. The behavioral part was pretty standard, but the technical were questions you either knew or you didn't. The technical was based off your ratings of how well you knew aspects of a language.
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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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Associate Buyer at General Mills
Posted Nov 9, 2011
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5.0
Very Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 in Minneapolis, MN (took 2 weeks)
Met with recruiter at career fair and gave her my resume. They called me back for first round interview a couple days later. That was mostly behavioral questions with a couple business scenario and current event questions. The competition for that was intense but I made second round mostly by differentiating myself through showing passion for my current internship, jobs, and other activities. They are looking for a type of personality, which is basically a personable type A. Second round was incredibly intense. All day, with everything you can think of to do for an interview including case study and IQ. I enjoyed the challenge and I think that shined through. Good luck!
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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, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Personality 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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Assistant Brand Manager at General Mills
Posted Oct 28, 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 Oct 2011 (took a day)
Application was done via career services at my university. First round short list was received and posted by career services, and an interview was scheduled. The interview took place on campus and was conducted by a member of the brand management team at General Mills. The interview was primarily behavioural based with one short case on a specific product - this was the sole reason for the rating of difficult as there was no indication a case would be used during this stage. In the absence of this case, or had there been an indication that a case would be used then an average difficulty would have been assigned. Second round candidates would move on to a full day at General Mills office where they would do multiple interviews and critical thinking tests. [Refer to the US post for a similar position for the type of test used]
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MEA at General Mills
Posted Oct 27, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 (took 2 weeks)
The company did very well in communication towards when the next interview will be and what the itinerary and schedule will be like for your 2nd round interviews. Most of the questions were behavioral so make sure you prepare your responses.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Skills Test.
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IS Developer Analyst at General Mills
Posted Oct 26, 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 Oct 2011 in Saint Paul, MN (took 3 weeks)
Got the interview through an on campus interview program. Started with asking why I want to work for GM and in this position. Quickly moved into rapid fire behavioral questions, and then a bunch of technical questions (all were the same as questions people on here said they'd been asked). Overall, the technical questions were pretty easy, but the behavioral questions were really quite tough, especially for a college student who doesn't have a ton of work experience. Anyways, the interviewers were both taking notes the entire time, and other than at the beginning, they did not make any eye contact. Even while shaking my hand as I left. It was a weird vibe. 3 weeks later I got an email telling me that I would not be moving forward.
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Business Management Associate at General Mills
Posted Oct 21, 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 Oct 2011 (took a day)
I initially met with GM representatives at a career fair on campus. They seemed impressed by my resume and experiences, so I pursued an interview with them a few weeks later. I attended a pre-night presentation about the company and was really excited about all of the benefits they offered. However, the interview itself was focused on purely negative behavioral interview questions (tell me about a problem you couldn't resolve, tell me about a time when things didn't go your way, tell me about a time when you struggled with a group, etc.). It made me feel like I didn't have the opportunity to show them my true strengths since little to no questions were framed in a positive way; as a senior in college (in an honors business program) I hadn't had that many negative experiences!
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Business Management Sales Intern at General Mills
Posted Oct 18, 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 2011 in Minneapolis, MN (took 2 weeks)
It was a pretty standard interview. the interviewer started by jotting down some general information about me into her computer and then read from her computer a list of situational questions and asked me to respond. It was a little weird having her type the entire time i was responding but all in all it was a fair interview.
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Associate Marketing Manager at General Mills
Posted Oct 17, 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 Oct 2011 (took a day)
Campus interview, two 1:1 interviews with almost all behavioral questions. They did what my favorite product was and what I would do to increase sales.
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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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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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