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Updated May 9, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Management Trainee at P&G Western Europe
Posted May 9, 2012
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5.0
Very Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 (took 2 months)
First you have to apply online and pass the aptitude tests. Once you pass that, they will send you an email for an onsite aptitude test which is very similar to the online one. After that, they will give you a call to arrange for interviews. interviews are usually one to one and can go for 4 rounds depending. the whole process can take quite some time
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test and a Personality Test.
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Assistant Brand Manager at P&G Western Europe
Posted Sep 11, 2011
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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 Jul 2011 (took 2 weeks)
I've applied online. Got an e-mail with a link to their success drivers test and a reasoning test. After finishing the online tests I got an invitation to do the IQ test on-site and 3 interviews. The IQ test is pretty straightforward and quite easy (just a little bit more difficult than their practice test). 65 minutes in total for three parts: maths, logic reasoning, inductive reasoning. After passing the test I had 3 1:1 interviews, each lasting for 1 hour. The questions are all behavioral and focused on past experiences. All the questions related to their success drivers: 1) power of minds 2) power of people 3) power of agility. They find leadership qualities extremely important, so prepare enough examples to illustrate your leadership qualities.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and an IQ/Intelligence Test.
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Assistant Brand Manager at P&G Western Europe
Posted May 1, 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 Feb 2011 in Geneva (Switzerland) (took 4+ weeks)
I applied for a recruiting event Careers in Europe, held in Brussels in Dec 2010 and I got selected. I went there with the intention of finding out what the market might offer to me, a final year student of Business. There were a few companies at the event, but I was particularly interested in P&G, as some of my friends work for them, and it seems like a good company to work for. I took a P&G IQ test (screening test) during the event and, even though I hadnt applied online yet, I managed to set myself a 1:1 screening interview on the same day. I was applying for an entry position in Marketing. The woman that was interviewing me was very nice and quite impressed with my background, promised to pass on my application further, and also advised me to apply online (this is normally the first step of the recruiting process). I did that and 2 months later I got an invitation for a final interview in P&G Geneva headquaters. I was interviewed by a 3 people, each interview lasting an hour. So 3 hours in total - quite tiring. Questions were structured in the same way: you were expected to describe a situation in which you proved to be a leader/had to solve a problem/etc. and the expected answer was to describe the context of the situation, your action and its result. Questions are quite repetitive, so you may find yourselve giving the same examples a few times. The next day after the interview I got a phone call from one of the interviewers saying that they want to make me an offer :) Two months later I got a contract and I'm starting on the 1st of June. Keep your fingers crossed for me :)
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Negotiation Details
No negotiation options.
Other Details
I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test and a Personality Test.
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Researcher at P&G Western Europe
Posted Feb 23, 2011
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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 Jan 2011 (took 2 months)
Still ongoing - have not received and answer yet.
On-line personality test
2 phone interviews with questions about leadership, teamworking, creativity, etc.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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IDS Business Analyst at P&G Western Europe
Posted Jan 25, 2011
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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 Jan 2011 in Brussels (Belgium) (took 2 months)
I applied to a CiE (Careers in Europe) event where P&G selected me as a potential candidate. I had to fill in online a 60 questions personality questionnaire and a 15 questions figurative reasoning test.
I passed the tests and was subsequently invited to two behavioral interviews of about an hour each with two senior managers. After a few days I was told I successfully passed the interviews and I was invited for a final round of three interviews. Two of them were with a senior managers and the last one with an assistant director. That was last week, I am now expecting for a response.
On the overall my interview experience was positive. The process is very long and takes a long time to complete but after more than 5 hours of behavioral interviews they will really get a feeling of who you really are and if you can fit into P&G culture. This also helps avoiding potential a******s to be hired.
Tips: Be sure to know everything that is written on your CV and do prepare examples of leadership and teamwork from your past experiences.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.
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Assistant Brand Manager at P&G Western Europe
Posted Dec 23, 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 Sep 2010 (took 3 weeks)
First Step: Online application
Second Step: Online Test
I was emailed the link to take the online test within a week's time. The test consists of two parts. The first part is a personality tests (ca. 60 questions, no time limit) that requires you to assess your own skills (in comparison to others) and asks about how you behave in certain situations. While it is proclaimed that there are no right or wrong answers, it is fairly obvious that this is the first step to assess if the candidate matches the company's principles and values, or not.
(Tip: Take notes of your answers and make sure to answer interview questions in a way that is consistent with your answers in the online test)
The second part is a logical reasoning test (ca. 15 questions, 2.5 minutes per question). Example questions can be found at the P&G homepage. However, it should be noted that some of the questions I had in the online test were significantly more complicated than the ones that P&G provides for preparation purposes. I recommend to not click on “next question” after you have chosen an answer, as this will lead to the next question right away. Choosing an answer and letting the time run down will lead you to an intermediate screen and give you a break of about 2 minutes before continuing with the next questions.
Third step: On-site Reasoning Test
The reasoning tests takes place at P&G premises or at a recruitment fair, lasts 65 minutes and contains 40 questions that are separated in three categories (Numerical reasoning, Verbal reasoning, Logical reasoning). There is a practice test available at the P&G site. The real test, however, is harder than the practice test and I would recommend to not take the test without practicing the math exercises beforehand. The test is actually not that hard, but the time is fairly limited and you have to work very fast. The test is available in almost all languages and apparently most people (ca. 80%) that pass the online test also pass the on-site test.
Fourth step: Interviews
After successful completion of the test, I had two 1-to-1 interviews with two different interviewers. The interviews lasted about 1 hour, with time to ask questions at the end. Both interviews were very pleasant, with the second one being a little more probing than the first. At first I was asked to talk about myself and my CV, and questions were asked here and there about motivations and outcomes of certain stages (e.g. studies, internships). This was followed by typical behavioural questions. These included among others:
“Tell me about a time when…
…a project didn’t go as planned”
…when you had to deal with conflict in a team”
…you taught somebody else something. What was your approach, what was the outcome”
…when you successfully lead a team. What is leadership for you? What makes a good leader?”
To prepare for this type of questions, I recommend to think of your work and university experience, and to pick a few examples that clearly depict how you have managed situations in teams that have lead to tangible, positive outcomes. I would strongly recommend to use the STAR technique to answer all questions.
Final step: Offer
Originally I was told that I would have one or two more interviews to go through, but then I was directly offered a job after the second interview.
Conclusion:
I found the recruitment process to be straight forward, less challenging than I expected, and I was very positively surprised by the pleasant nature of the interviews which certainly made me more inclined to take
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test and a Personality Test.
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Marketing at P&G Western Europe
Posted Dec 10, 2010
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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 2009 (took 2 months)
1 step: online assessment with CV, cover letter and three questionnaires: one to check the personality, the others twos to check your logic abilities
2 step: written test at P&G with calculations, test analysis and logical test
3 step: two interviews with managers. Background check, case studies,
4 step: interview with the marketing director
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test, a Personality Test and a Background Check.
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Operating Analyst at P&G Western Europe
Posted Sep 14, 2010
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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 Jun 2009 (took a day)
It consisted basically in doing an IQ test. It was not that hard.
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Negotiation Details
There is no negociation for interns
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of an IQ/Intelligence Test.
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CBD Manager at P&G Western Europe
Posted Sep 12, 2010
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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 Aug 2010 (took 5 weeks)
- online application process: upload CV etc./ motivation letter is not always required
- afterwards you have to pass a personality and a figural reasoning test
- invitation to the hq where you are interviewed (3 x 1 hour)/ keep in mind: context, action, result! It is helpfull to practice the interview situation before.
- reasoning test test consisting of three sections: figural, logic-based and numerical.
- if you pass all that, you're in!
Interview Questions
Negotiation Details
There's nothing to negotiate. P&G has a fixed salary scheme.
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.
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General Applications at P&G Western Europe
Posted Mar 16, 2010
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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 Mar 2010 (took 6 weeks)
I firts applied with internet because I was finishing university. I send my CV and then they gave me the ipportunity to take the personality test. it is about 70 questions about how you act in the professional way, if you're a leader or not.. etc...
then I was asking to go to a P&G center where I passes a IG test. it's 40 questions we need to fill in 65 minutes. It quite hard.
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