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Human Resources at Kohler
Posted Aug 4, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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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 May 2011 in Portland, OR (took 2 weeks)
Not pleased with the company. The interview search was conducted by a placement firm (placement firm was great and professional). Had two phone interviews + 1:1 interview all with placement firm. Then, I was told that my consideration was "put on hold" for some reason. I had been considered for similar position before and went through two phone interviews, was told that I was ideal for the role, took the Caliper assessment on line then it went silent- NOTHING! 2nd time around, disclosed prior situation and was told no record of incident and to continue then in the end, after the 3 interviews told my consideration was "on hold" for now. What kind of crap is that! How unprofessional of Kohler!! I will let everyone know my experience so they are aware...
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I got the interview through a Staffing Agency and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and an IQ/Intelligence Test.
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Sales Executive at Kohler
Posted Jul 5, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2009 (took 8 months)
Long and slow. Took forever to make a decision
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Negotiation Details
They were open to my requests
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test, a Personality Test, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Mechanical Engineer at Kohler
Posted May 19, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2009 (took a day)
hr phone-hiring manager phone, on site and waiting
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Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test, a Personality Test, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Sales Executive at Kohler
Posted May 3, 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 Mar 2011 (took 2 weeks)
Applied online. Contacted a week later for a phone screen. Phone screen was 45 min., went through my resume. This was a more detailed phone screen, more like an interview. A few situational questions at the end. I thought it went ok, but then recieved a "thanks for your interest" email. This is the first position I have interviewed for and not recieved an offer.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Staff Engineer at Kohler
Posted Mar 15, 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 Nov 2010 in Kohler, WI (took 2 days)
Lengthy interview process
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.
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Director - Digital Marketing at Kohler
Posted Jan 11, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2010 in Kohler, WI (took 3 months)
The interviewing process was very long with little communication in-between each step. I received a call about 30 days after I had submitted my resume requesting a phone interview. I completed the phone interview with the HR lead, which was about an hour long. I was told that I would hear back from them within a week. 2+ weeks later I was contacted and told that they wanted me to take an online assessment. I took the online assessment; which took about 2 hours to complete. The questions weren't anything out the ordinary, it just took a while to complete. About a week later I received a call asking to schedule time to meet with a corporate psychologist for testing and to schedule an on-site interview with some of the team at Kohler. Again, nothing out of the ordinary came from the corporate psychologist. Some timed testing was part of the exam and overall it took about 3 hours to complete the process. A week later I arrived at Kohler for the in-person interviews. My first scheduled Interviewer arrived an hour late and only met with me for about 30 minutes. This ate into my time with the next Interviewer as well. We did get back on schedule for the 3rd and 4th interviews but it was a bit frustrating to rush through the first two. I was told that the next steps were to do a background check and then come back for another round of interviews. During this time I had put a job offer from a different employer on hold as I tried to complete the process for Kohler. The process became too time consuming as I had started the interviews in Oct., and it became clear that the process was going to go well into Jan. before I would have any idea as a candidate on whether I was going to get an offer or not. I couldn't keep the other offer on hold any longer a decided to give notice to Kohler that I would like to be removed from further consideration. I tried to contact HR directly by phone but had to leave a voice mail asking for a call back. I did not get a return call. I then disclosed through email that I I had accepted another position and again received no response from Kohler. I respect a process but taking at least 4 months to end the process is too long. Because of the length of time the process took and the fact that I received no communication along the way or afterwards, I have given the interview a negative rating.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Personality Test and a Background Check.
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Electrician at Kohler
Posted Nov 9, 2010
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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 Oct 2009 in Hattiesburg, MS (took 2 days)
I was referred by an employee. Went in and interviewed with foreman and got the job. Then to finish the hiring process they made take a drug test and did a background check.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Sales Engineer at Kohler
Posted Oct 11, 2010
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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 Sep 2010 (took 4+ weeks)
Initial phone interview with recruiter. The phone call was essentially to collect information of my past experience to determine if I could be a candidate for the position.
A week or two after the phone interview, I was contacted for an additional phone interview with the supervisor to the position. This interview was similar, with a few additional detailed questions related to the position and my personal skills.
Shortly later, I was contacted to fly to Wisconsin (paid by company) to meet with several people who work directly with the position at hand. These meetings were back-to-back for a few hours, an hour per interviewer. One of the hour slots was held for a personality and skills test. After the interviews were complete, I had lunch with someone who held the same position at a different location. The site is very welcoming, sort of its own little world, literally its own village.
I was contacted the next week to meet with the sales manager in the location where I would be working, and also the person whose position I would be taking (He was getting promoted.) to determine if I would be a good personal fit.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.
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Engineering Analyst at Kohler
Posted Oct 5, 2010
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2010 in Fort Wayne, IN (took 2+ weeks)
Applied to the position on their website and was selected as a possible candidate. Was interviewed by the HR who then fwded me to the Hiring Manager a week later. Interviewed with the Hiring Manager. Interview was very easy and the manager liked me a lot and wanted me to come visit their plant in INDIANA. A week later, I was informed that they have not selected me due to sponsorship reasons.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Engineering at Kohler
Posted Aug 11, 2010 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2009 in Kohler, WI (took 2 weeks)
There was a phone interview, and an on-site interview consisting of a panel interview, several individual interviews, an IQ test, and a personality profile.
Negotiation Details
Horrible. I was asked my minimum salary requirement before I travelled for the on-site interview. When the offer came, it was below my minimum stated salary by approximately 10%. In the Kohler view, it was made up for by a variable bonus, using the nominal bonus to match my minimum. The 10% cost of living increase I was facing for the area was completely ignored. When asking about the my cost for health insurance, I was told they could not give me the cost until I was actually hired. The initial negotiations were handled between the recruiter and my primary contact at Kohler HR, who I learned later was a co-op. A call to the interviewing manager explaining the situation, and questioning if Kohler was serious about this offer or not did bring some quick changes to the situation, but overall, it was handled very poorly.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test and a Personality Test.
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