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Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Pittsburgh, PA May 2013 – Reviewed May 21, 2013 New
Interview Details – Went through 4 rounds of interview (screening, two HR rounds, and one last one with the engineers). Pretty straight forward, open ended questions about back ground and professional experience.
Interview Question – Everything was straight forward. No really hard questions, just remember to go back into your past experiences since they will be asking you questions about it. Why J&J? Past problems and how you overcame them? Strongest Skills/Weakest? etc. Answer Question
Negotiation Details – Not flexible, but have no complaints.
No Offer – Interviewed in May 2012 – Reviewed May 15, 2013 New
Interview Details – Applied for the job through the company portal and received an email from someone requesting a phone interview. Phone interview went great and was told that I would receive a follow up in about 2 weeks. I followed up, but it ended with no offer.
Interview Question – everything was pretty straightforward as this was a first round phone screen. Answer Question
No Offer – Reviewed Apr 28, 2013
Interview Details – Interview style may vary. If you are following a traditional career path for sales, marketing, IT, etc... it is easier to get hired. Internal candidates get the preference and networking with key stakeholders will give you the edge. Difficult to move between operating units. An example is going from Consumer to Pharma, not an easy transition unless you have the stars aligned.
Interview Question – Give an example when you had to deal with ambiguity and how you handled it. Answer Question
Accepted Offer – Reviewed Apr 21, 2013
Interview Details – I had several interviews over a couple of years, since I had targeted this company and had a couple of sponsors who kept my name in front of hiring managers. When I had my final interviews, (a total of four), I felt comfortable with the team and was told that they were comfortable with me and were interested in hiring me, even before the offer was finalized.
Interview Question – The most difficult question was understanding the actual scope of the job title, especially as an external hire. I strongly recommend asking what a typicaly day is like and what the current hot projects are so that you have a feel for what the title really means. Answer Question
Negotiation Details –
Negotiation matched my salary expectations.
I was not able to negotiate additional time off, which was a big deal for me. I had just left a company with 6 weeks of time off and had hoped to negotiate a lower salary in exchange for an additional week of time off. I wasn't able to do this and only had three weeks of time off.
No Offer – Interviewed in Philadelphia, PA Oct 2012 – Reviewed Apr 16, 2013
Interview Details – I got the interview through oncampus recruitment. There was an initial interview where I interviewed with a member of the Tax department. It was fairly conversational. Any questions were all behavioral. We clicked and about 3.5 weeks later got a call for super day in Princeton. However, due to Sandy this was postponed and a few weeks later we had the interviews with around 50-60 others in a hotel in Philly. There were team building events, a an assessment test, networking events with other JNJ professionals. it was 2 days long. After that the second day was 3 interviews at the hotel with 3 professionals. It was also behavioral. I was rejected approximately 2 days later by email. The company was quick with that.
Interview Question – Give me a time when you were innovative or improved a process. It wasn't too hard in hindsight but I was thrown off during one of the interviews. Answer Question
Accepted Offer – Reviewed Apr 3, 2013
Interview Details – Informal interview during campus recruiting event and constant contact via email afterwards
Interview Question – N/A Answer Question
Negotiation Details – Received other offers from two other companies, but I wanted this one the most so I accepted.
No Offer – Reviewed Mar 22, 2013
Interview Details – 2 managers from different departments interviewing you. Mostly behavior questions in the STAR Format. They give you a scenario to play out for them in which you have to explain it in STAR format. They give you only 3 of these questions and mostly expect you to be able to talk about them for a long period of time. Environment is rather casual.
Interview Question – Why J&J? Answer Question
No Offer – Reviewed Mar 21, 2013
Interview Details – Phone interview
Interview Question – Very specific details about my thesis project Answer Question
No Offer – Interviewed in New Brunswick, NJ – Reviewed Mar 20, 2013
Interview Details – Interviewed with two different professionals who were not in the HR department. The interview consisted of a majority of behavioral questions asking about background, ethics, etc and then the follow up consists of technical questions. Be sure to emphasize the credo, which Johnson and Johnson holds to in all parts of their business.
Interview Question – Take me through the steps of the supply chain and tell me how financial statements fluctuate with each step Answer Question
Accepted Offer – Reviewed Mar 20, 2013
Interview Details – Terrible. It is not very well planned and there doesn't seem to be a system that they follow. Since the retention rate isn't too high in the HR area, it's hard to know who is who and what they are in charge of. Usually they will look at their past co-ops along with outside candidates for SLDP positions. They require you to be flexible with locations-meaning they want you to take whatever you get when they offer you the position. You have the ability to give them a list of preferences, but you aren't guaranteed anything. Last year they only took into consideration present and past co-ops. There was no structure to this, it was all about if your manager pushed for you and contacted the hiring SLDP manager. All in all the process was ridiculous. There is no loyalty that J&J has to you even if you have done previous co-ops, but expects you to be 110% loyal to them. Most other companies offer full time positions after completing a development program but after SLDP, you are not guaranteed a full time offer. You have to again interview and compete for full time positions.
Interview Question – there was no interview Answer Question
Negotiation Details – no negotiation
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