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Updated May 10, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Senior Financial Analyst at Lafarge North America
Posted May 10, 2012
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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 2010 (took 3 days)
Standard hiring process for highly visible position. Started with a phone interview, then continued with 3 separate interviews with senior executives. Felt like at grad school.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Buyer at Lafarge North America
Posted Apr 5, 2012
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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 Jan 2010 (took 3 weeks)
elongated, and slow but fair.
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fair
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Personality Test, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Human Resources Generalist at Lafarge North America
Posted Jul 12, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2011 in Alpharetta, GA (took 2 days)
The 1:1 consisted of interviewing with each member of the team (3 one on ones); approx. 3 hours long. The HR Manager was boring and uninviting. He asked questions irrelevant to the position, seemed very judgmental, and uninterested in what I was saying. Other 2 interviewers were great! Know your stuff with this company. The interviewers ask a great deal of industry specific questions. They also conduct a vocabulary test -- asked me the definitions of words that I would say such as Human Capital -- this is definitely not standard procedure. Also, be prepared to answer the same questions multiple times seeing as how you will interview with each person separately. They also ask if you have any other questions several times, even after you have asked questions throughout the interview. So prepare to ask a lot of questions I guess. Overall, not the best experience and I was not happy about interviewing for 3 hours.
NOTE: I was told that after the 1:1, I would be asked to interview with the Regional Director as well. This is a bit too lengthy for an HR Generalist position. They did, however, send an email 2 weeks later stating I was not moving on to the next round.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Personality Test.
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Construction Field Engineer at Lafarge North America
Posted Sep 30, 2010
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2010 in Denver, CO (took a day)
There were two people who interviewed me, I felt it was awekward because after I answered a question they would just stair at me, I didn't feel like the questions they asked were relevant and when I asked questions they didn't know how to answer them.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Marketing at Lafarge North America
Posted Aug 24, 2010
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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 in Atlanta, GA (took 3 weeks)
I didn't have that first phone interview with HR that most candidates get. Instead, I was asked to come in for a 1:1 interview. The people I interviewed with were very courteous, and I thought I did well in the interview. Unfortunately I didn't get the job.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Strategy and Development Analyst at Lafarge North America
Posted Jul 6, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2009 in Herndon, VA (took 2 weeks)
started with a telephone screening, which was basically just an elaboration of what was on my resume. They followed up with a second telephone interview by a senior HR manager. Nothing too difficult, she seemed nice, and thought I was a good fit for the job.
The third round was in-person interviews at the Herndon offices. I met with four different executives, including the one who I would be replacing.
First impressions - this ain't a warm a fuzzy place. Perhaps it's the nature of the product the sell - cement - but the first manager I interviewed with seemed very dour, a little pompous, and not at all happy that he had to start his day earlier than usual to meet with me (interview was at 7:30).
The second person I met with was even worse. At one point, he said something along the lines of "I can't stand f***ing idiots!" (in his thick French accent, no less). He was talking about a bad experience with a former subordinate, but his tone and tenor spoke volumes about what he'd be like to work with.
The third manager was the exception - genuinely friendly, very easy to talk to, and clearly eager to see me succeed in the interviews. We spent nearly twice as long chatting than I did with any of the others.
The last interview was with the person I was replacing. He seemed nice enough (*very* French), but ten minutes of listening to him describe his day to day and I knew I wouldn't apply for the job.
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Reason for Declining
I couldn't see myself fitting into their environment. There seemed to be a bad mix of pomp, arrogance, and testostorone in the air, and that was the complete opposite of what I was looking for.
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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General Manager at Lafarge North America
Posted Feb 9, 2010
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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 2009 in Westminster, CO (took 2+ weeks)
Great HR person, asked good questions. 2 Superiors on another panel, local guy seemed to want local experience, Corporate manager wanted Corporate experience. This I did not posses.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview.
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