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Updated May 19, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Merchandiser at PepsiCo
Posted May 19, 2012
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2.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed May 2012 in Pleasant Prairie, WI (took 5 weeks)
I started with applying online in April. When the application was done, it had you set up a phone interview which was actually a phone screen to verify information. The call took about 2 minutes. Then I was emailed a couple weeks later to set up a face to face interview. It consisted of two people, one asking questions and one taking notes. They were customer service/people skills questions. I had the opportunity to ask them questions as well. Then they contacted me the next day via email to tell me I was still under consideration. A week and a half later (yesterday), they called and offered me the job. I need to take a drug test on Monday. You have to take the drug test within 48 business hours of accepting the position.
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None. They told you the hourly rate up front which was generous to me anyway.,
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Associate Brand Manager Intern at PepsiCo
Posted Feb 21, 2012
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4.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2012 in Chicago, IL (took 3 days)
This was through MBA recruiting, so I submitted a cover letter and resume and was able to "bid" to interview (a separate group was selected by the company, but this seemed not to have a huge influence on who was offered a job). It was a 2:1 interview with of case-based and behavioral questions
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There was no negotiation, and I wouldn't recommend it generally for an internship offer. Hopefully negotiation happens next year!
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview.
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Finance Assistant Analyst at PepsiCo
Posted Nov 3, 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 Oct 2011 in Chicago, IL (took 2 days)
Started with one 2:1 interview with Senior Finance Manager and a member of HR. Asked basic behavioral questions, walk me through your resume, why Pepsi, etc. Nothing unexpected. Made it to the second round, they flew me out to Chicago, put me up in a hotel. The process was under 24 hours but there was an orientation the night before interviews. Much more informal, got to know the company a little more. Second round consisted of two 1:1 interviews getting more into finance type things, also was behavioral, seeing if I was the right fit.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Senior Financial Analyst at PepsiCo
Posted Oct 27, 2011
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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 Jan 2011 in Chicago, IL (took 1 week)
First round was a phone interview with an HR contractor they use. This was mostly a resume walk and a why PepsiCo session.
Second round was with a Finance Manager who asked about interests and I did another resume walk. She also asked if I would be comfortable reporting to someone similar in age/class year.
Final round was three one on ones. The first was with a Finance Manager who asked for a resume walk and did Q&A. The next person was with a divsional CFO who asked me to walk through my resume (and stopped at certain points to ask questions about different roles I had), talk about interests, and concluded by asking me what I scored on the GMAT. The final person was a Senior Finance Manager with whom I did a resume walk during which we stopped on certain roles to talk more in depth about things I did.
My advice is to score high on the GMAT because I was told that my GMAT wasn't high enough.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Business Analytics Internship at PepsiCo
Posted Jan 6, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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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 Nov 2010 in Chicago, IL (took 6 weeks)
The first interview was on campus. It consisted of questions from 3 interviews. The questions were all about my previous project experience. For example, tell me about a time where you were facing a deadline you knew you couldn't make. What did you do? How did people react? There were about 15 questions of this nature. I was contacted by email for a video conference interview which consisted of the same questions from the original interview.
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Supply Chain Intern at PepsiCo
Posted Nov 17, 2010 — 0 of 1 people found this helpful
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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 Nov 2010 in Bridgeview, IL (took 4 weeks)
The first round interview was very easy going. They were not intimidating and were easy to talk to. The final round interview consisted of 3 interviews. All the people seemed down to earth.
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Supply Chain Accounting Associate at PepsiCo
Posted Oct 7, 2010
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3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2010 in Chicago, IL (took 2 weeks)
I got the interview with PepsiCo through a career fair at my university. They are a great company with what seems like a desirable culture to work in. They stressed on the ability to move up within the company as well. The interview was not bad but they definitely know exactly what they are looking for and key words. It was all situation based. Every question they asked was "Tell me a story when..." Examples are when you demonstrated leadership, when someone wasn't happy with your work, when you had to solve a problem. It wasn't too stressful but definitely talk the language of the position you're applying for. Good luck!
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Distrobution at PepsiCo
Posted May 5, 2010
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2009 in Wauconda, IL (took a day)
applied online took test passed received an e-mail invatation filled out application interview
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Skills Test.
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Senior Business Analyst - SAP at PepsiCo
Posted Mar 12, 2010 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2009 in Chicago, IL (took 1 week)
I have applied for this post seeing their add for the above position in Dice.com. After one month of applying there was call from HR represetative asking some general questions regarding my experience, expected salary, present postition, why I wanted to shift the company and avilable date for technical interview.
After One week of the call there was call from technical manager, more on technical interview. This interview was for a postion of Sr.Business Analyst - in MM/SRM areas. The inerview includeded (1:1 interview) my experience in SAP MM Module mainly in purchasing. The entire interview went well and then they asked about my expectation about the offer, and opennes to travel etc., Then technical manager informed he was happy with the interview and his boss along with HR rep will call me within a week. But after that there was no call and I called back the tech manager after one month to findout what happend with the postion and he informed due to market condition they differed filling that postion to year end and advised me to call back, during this he reiterated he was happy with my experience and interview.
I call them agian after 4 months serveral times as adivsed by him but with no response and they won;t pickup the call. I felt entire process as non professional and not providing actual facts.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Finance Manager at PepsiCo
Posted Oct 18, 2009
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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 Jul 2009 in Chicago, IL (took 2 days)
PepsiCo implemented a compus hire style recruiting strategy in 2009 where it interviewed a large number of candidates for potential hires. It started with a phone screen by recruitor followed by phone interview by the hiring manager. Both lasted for approximately 1 hour.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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