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Updated Jan 28, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Management Trainee at L'Oréal USA
Posted Jan 28, 2012
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4.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2011 (took a day)
L'Oréal came to the career fair at my university. They were looking for candidates for the Management Development Program (MDP). They were primarily looking for Industrial and Operation Engineers for this program. The interview was a typical behavioral interview. The interviewer really emphasized that l'Oréal has a very dynamic, fast moving workplace.
Some questions included:
Why cosmetics?
What's one cosmetic product that you cannot live without?
Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
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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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Formulation Chemist at L'Oréal USA
Posted Nov 14, 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 Clark, NJ (took a day)
First of all, she tried to explain what I am going to work for if I am hired and then I asked several questions on that. Questions were mostly about your resume and little details of your research. Additionally, she also asked general questions like "what do you think your strengths are?". But didn't pay much attention on them.
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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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MBA Marketing Summer Internship at L'Oréal USA
Posted Oct 20, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2011 in New York, NY (took 3 days)
Application online, followed by a phone screening, then an invite to a recruitment weekend. At the weekend, there were a number of networking events as well as a full day of case work in groups with other candidates. On the last day, you had your formal 2:1 interview with one HR rep and one manager.
Over the weekend, the interview is the EASY part - the hard part is the case work as you are constantly presenting on the spot, and need to be able to handle questions on the fly. Employees are also observing you the whole time to see how you work in teams - it can be a bit unnerving at first but once you get into it, it's a lot of fun.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Presentation, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Intern at L'Oréal USA
Posted Oct 12, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2010 in Clark, NJ (took 4 months)
They came to a career fair at my school campus. I was signed up for an interview right after an information session. The next morning I interviewed. I did not hear anything back from them. At the end of January I received an offer letter for the summer internship with the terms of my contract already laid out.
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Negotiation Details
I was not able to negotiate. The offer was just laid on the table, take it or leave it.
Other Details
The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Intern at L'Oréal USA
Posted Sep 20, 2011
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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 Mar 2011 in Franklin, NJ (took 2 weeks)
Phone Screeing: 45 minutes screening my personality and interpersonal skills/group work
1 on 1 checking my problem solving ability in a manufacturing environment. Asked angle between minute and hour hand of a clock at 3:15 (I've been told by other interns they got this question)
Urinalysis drug test within 1 week of offer
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Manager at L'Oréal USA
Posted Sep 1, 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 May 2010 (took 2 days)
I was being promoted from an Artist to Management in another luxury retail store.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Manager at L'Oréal USA
Posted Aug 19, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2009 in Monmouth Junction, NJ (took 3 weeks)
The hiring process was too lengthy. I returned several times and got sent to a variety of locations & it was difficult to manage while working another job.
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Negotiation Details
The negotiation was fairly inflexible.
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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R&D at L'Oréal USA
Posted Aug 10, 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 May 2011 (took 2 days)
I first had a phone screen with HR, which went well, and I was immediately called back for a 1:1 interview. The questions they asked were all about my background, the job description, and why I want to work for L'Oreal. Simple, typical HR questions.
My in person interviews consisted of a meeting with HR and a meeting with the department. These were mostly behavioral questions. What is your greatest achievement? What is an unpopular decision you had to make? Tell me about a time you worked with a difficult coworker.
I had thought the interviews went reasonably well. I sent in my thank you notes and patiently waited. I heard nothing back. I called, wrote e-mails, and got no response. That was back in April/May, so I'm that was their way of rejecting me "nicely."
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Marketing Manager at L'Oréal USA
Posted May 17, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2011 in New York, NY (took 1 week)
1. Phone screening
2. Interview with HR, recruiting, brand director, and brand VP
3. Interview with HR VP and brand general manager
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Skills Test.
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R&D Intern at L'Oréal USA
Posted Apr 5, 2011
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2011 (took a day)
Let's start off with I am very fortunate that I was incredibly stubborn. Not only did I apply online, but I found a key person's email address, phone number and office address and harassed the heck out of him. I was contacted a few months later about having a screening interview. For me, it was very informal, and the itself was a breeze.
I say be yourself. The night before I prepared a few answers to a couple of standard questions, but I got the feeling that the HR person was looking for a spark and not the average answer. it also helps if you get a bit personal by talking about your plans for the weekend before the conversation ends. Crack a joke or two, because that will lengthen the interview (it was supposed to be 15 mins but lasted for about 40) and relax you.
I had just the one phone interview and it took about a month for a final decision to be made.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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