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Updated Feb 12, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Technical Sales Representative at Nalco
Posted Feb 12, 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 Nov 2011 (took 2 days)
Very detailed - asked for aptitude tests
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Engineering at Nalco
Posted Aug 17, 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 Aug 2011 in Naperville, IL (took 3 days)
The position I interviewed for was actually a little outside my comfort zone because of the fact that I did not have a whole lot of experience with programming. Nevertheless, the recruiter called me and asked me a bunch of behavioral interview questions and then I went into the office 2 days later and was "interviewed" by 3 different people. The sit down interview was very informal and the people were very pleasant. In fact I received the job offer about a hour after I was finished with the interview.
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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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Procurement Representative at Nalco
Posted Jul 14, 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 2010 (took 2 days)
First is a phone interview by the Recruiter. After that was face2face with the Hiring Manager(s). The final round is a face to face interview with upper management (Hiring Manager's bosses and above).
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Did not negotiate which was my biggest regret. Recruiter was very quick to pin me down as I did not have other attractive offers at that time. In retrospect, I should have negotiated if not on salary numbers, the no. of days leave. But in truth, the offer numbers were not too bad (but not too great either), just average.
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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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Product Manager at Nalco
Posted Jul 5, 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 Apr 2011 (took 2 weeks)
A friend of mine saw the posting on a social networking site. Through her contacts, she got the name of the internal recruiter and called her letting her know she knew someone who would be perfect for the position --- me. She sent the recruiters contact info to me and I called the recruiter, giving her a brief summary of my qualifications. The internal recruiter thought I was a perfect match too. I had two skill sets that not a lot of people have and that this position required. I emailed her my resume and after one day, I got an email response letting me know they were interested in bringing me in for a face-to-face interview. I was asked to apply for the position on their website for formality sake. For the face-to-face interview, I met with 3 managers in addition to the recruiter. I first met with the hiring manager, then his boss, and then another person in HR. I spent all morning there and left feeling I had clinched the interview. The next day, I received an email from the recruiter with information on benefits. I sent out my thank you emails and did receive a response, albeit non-committal and vague from the hiring manager. I followed up again the following week with the recruiter and the hiring manager and both told me they were still looking at other internal and external candidates and that they would let me know in a few weeks. After two more weeks, I contacted the hiring manager again and same noncommittal answer. After a month had passed, I followed up again but no response. After two months, I went on their website and learned that the position had been filled. Don't understand why the hiring manager didn't just tell me I wasn't in the running instead of leading me on.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Applications Engineer at Nalco
Posted Apr 26, 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 Apr 2011 (took 5 weeks)
I met with one of the sales engineers under who I would have been working; he was a very nice guy and stayed away from asking "HR-type" questions on the interview. He was more concerned with my technical abilities as a young engineer. Although I wasn't given a second interview with his supervisor, the interview process was helpful for me. I was kept informed of my status in the process. I would interview there again.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Technical Sales Representative at Nalco
Posted Mar 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 Mar 2011 (took a day)
1:1 interview. Interviewer asked a scripted sheet of questions, mostly behavioral type stuff. No real surprising or "stress" types of questions involved. Questions were things like "talk about a time when you had to deal with changing events in the workplace", "describe a time when you were a member of a team and a teammate was difficult", "discuss a time where you had to make a snap judgement that was entirely your own", etc.
Interviewer seemed to be really passionate about the company, and liked the job he was currently in.
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Other Details
I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Field Engineer at Nalco
Posted Feb 25, 2011
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5.0
Very Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2011 (took 4 weeks)
Pretty much all the big questions you can expect. They really put you on the spot but were really nice.
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The interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview.
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Chemist at Nalco
Posted Jan 27, 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 Jan 2010 in Freeport, TX (took a day)
First I filled out an online resume and emailed an application. Then I was contacted by th HR department and a phone interview was set up with the hiring lab manager. The phone interview went well so I set up a personal interview and was told there were only 2 other candidates. The personal interview went very well and I was told I interviewed great. Then I toured the lab with a chemist and spoke with her for a while. Then, later that week when I made my follow up call I was told 7 very qualified candidates were interviewed and one of the other applicants was offered the position.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Outside Sales Representative at Nalco
Posted Aug 9, 2009
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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 Nov 2007 in San Francisco, CA (took 2+ weeks)
Many interviews 7-10! One day shadowing a regional manager and a sales representative on the job.
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Negotiation Details
Very little negotiation because it was a commision based sales job.
Other Details
The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Skills Test, a Personality Test, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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