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Updated Oct 31, 2011 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.

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Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Oct 2011 (took 3 days)

Interviewed by one experienced senior HR manager (with 12 years sales experience) and one senior Sales Account Manager. Completely situational based questions. Turned off by when interviewer said "one day, you could even work anywhere in North America"—as if to sound it was the best thing ever. But overall fair questions and no curve balls.

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Tell me about a time when you implemented something new—that had never been done before—to achieve success.

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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview and a Skills Test.

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4.0

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Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Feb 2011 (took a day)

After applying, online tests were sent. They determine your fit within the larger group. Hard to gauge how you do ...

Interview was in front of two P&G employees. They were nice. Be prepared as the interview was tough (though not consulting tough) ...

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When have you made a decision you didn't agree with

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When have you had to lead a group

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The interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview and an IQ/Intelligence Test.

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4.0

Difficult Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Dec 2008 in Calgary, AB (Canada) (took 3 months)

the first step was a resume scan to see if your resume possed the correct key words. if your resume was good then you were asked to complete the online survey indicating your successes and accomplishments, i was then asked to perform a 60min written test, folled by 2 panel interviews and a final 1:1 interview

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name a time when you were facing a problem, what did you do and what was the outcome

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Negotiation Details

nothing

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The interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.

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3.0

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Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Sep 2010 in Moscow (Russia) (took 2 weeks)

My interview is in the future, that's why i cann't give any advices. So far I have applied online and had a reasoning test.

Interview Questions

Give an example of a time where you had a task to complete but didn't have all of the tools needed at your disposal. How did you go about completeing the task?

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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of an IQ/Intelligence Test.

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3.0

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Overall Positive Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Mar 2010 in Ohio, IL (took 3 months)

All behavioral question. Tell me about a time when you had solved a problem/lead a team....
Make sure that you STICK to their format situation-action-result. I tried to be as thorough as I could but I guessed it was not a match for them.
Do your home work and tried to answer the question before the interview as if you were in one.

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Tell me about a time when you have to solve a conflict with a person in your team?

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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and an IQ/Intelligence Test.

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3.0

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Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Jun 2010 (took 5 weeks)

Interview was schedule 3 weeks out from the time I received an email. I spent tons of time researching the company, used our on-campus career center and conducted mock interviews, reached out to current employees and people in high ranked positions at other companies. I did an all around sweep to make sure I was fully prepared for the interview. Once interview time came I felt very confident in my ability to answer the interviewers questions and even was able to share a few laughs with her. Once the interiew was over I sent a thank you email to her just to ensure she wouldn't forget about our pleasant conversation. Was told it would take 2 weeks for someone to get back to me. After 2 weeks and a day of stressing, hoping to hear positive news, I sent an email asking for an update. The next day I was sent an email telling me they won't be continuing with the interviewing process. It was hard to grasp why so I emailed the interviewer asking for areas I could improve upon, never received a response.

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Give an example of a time where you had a task to complete but didn't have all of the tools needed at your disposal. How did you go about completeing the task?

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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.

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4.0

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Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Jun 2010 in Cincinnati, OH (took 4+ weeks)

Was contacted through email by a recruiter, who scheduled a phone interview with a manager in the field I applied within. Phone interview was conducted 2 weeks later where many situational questions were asked-45 min, questions were negatively based (ex:tell me about a time when you failed) Was contacted the next business day regarding setting up an in-person interview in Cincinnati as well as taking another skills/IQ test. Interview conducted by 2 people, included questions from all areas of behavioral and experience and was around 1hr 30min. Questions were all positively based (ex: Tell me about a time when you led a group to success) Testing takes about 1hr 10 min, proctored by a recruiter. While you are testing, people do walk in and out of the room which is distracting, and in my case a maintenance man was banging right outside of the room during the entire test. Was told that I would be contacted in 2 weeks or less either way, however was not contacted at all by time limit. Recruiters are very nice, interviewing managers smile a lot, they do their best to put you at ease by talking about more personal things about themselves and inviting you to do the same. If you do not give the STAR answers that they would prefer, they ask more about each experience until they receive the answer they want. My advice would be to remember that they are still there to evaluate you, not be your friend.

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Tell me about a time when you motivated a group to success

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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.

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4.0

Difficult Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Jun 2010 in Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo (Brazil) (took 4+ weeks)

Here are the steps i had to take and will take (I am being interviewed this week):

1) Applied online and sent my CV
2) Took two online tests: a Management Skills Test and an IQ Test
3) Received a Call inviting me to take the presential tests, that consisted of an IQ Test (math ang logic) and an English Test. Both could be considered pretty hard.
4) I received an e-mail congratulating me on my success and telling me to wait for the Interview to be scheduled.

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I´m still waiting for my interview.

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I Applied Online 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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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Apr 2007 (took 2 weeks)

You start with an on-line test. Expect questions about your highschool achevements and how you rate yourself, e.g. top 5%. Rate yourself highly to "pass" the test. If you pass the test you will be invited to the office for an assessment test which will focus on economics and language skills, since 2009 there is also an additional mathematics test.
If succesful, you will have your first interview immediately after your assessment. The interview is about an hour long with 2 employees with different positions (and usually work experience) in e.g. Marketing or CBD.
They will rate you on Procter&Ganmble's succes drivers - found on career site.
If this is succesful you will be invited for a second round of interviews with top-management.
Spend time looking at the webste and formulating your succes drivers, be ready to have at least 3 examples of every sub-part of the succes drivers.

Interview Questions

What makes you a leader?

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What is your biggest regret?

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Negotiation Details

Graduates are not able to negotiate - take it or leave it.

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I got the interview through an Employee Referral 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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4.0

Difficult Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Jan 2007 (took 2 days)

1) Aptitude Test
2) 2:1 on interview
3) 2:1 interview at head office

Many situational questions, very long interview. Asks for numerous situations where I contributed to a team. Lead a group of people. ETC.

Helps to join volunteer organizations in a leadership capacity. Previous work experience also helps. Finally, personality is key. Being yourself and honest is the most important thing to shine through.