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Engineering at Procter & Gamble
Posted Feb 8, 2012
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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 Jan 2012 in Cincinnati, OH (took a day)
I posted my resume on P&G's website, and within a week they got back to me saying that I had made it past the first screening step. The next step was taking a personality consisting of questions like "Do you feel that you are a better leader than most of your peers?" or "How many times in the last month have you demonstrated leadership?". Then I took a reasoning test which consisted of pattern completion involving various shapes and figures. It took approximately 2 weeks for a response upon completing both tests, but I did not get an interview.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of an IQ/Intelligence Test and a Personality Test.
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Engineering at Procter & Gamble
Posted Feb 7, 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 Aug 2011 in Cincinnati, OH (took 5 days)
Proctor and Gamble has an extensive interview process.
1. First you apply online through their career website.
2. After you apply you will be sent a link to fill out a Personality test that asks questions about how you feel about your leadership skills and how would you handle certain tasks. Along with the personality test is a reasoning test similar to an IQ test with reading comprehension problems, puzzles, etc.
3. If you do well on the online tests they will ask you to take another reasoning test at one of their facilities. It is similar to the reasoning test taken online.
4. If you do well on that then you may be given an interview, mine was over the phone. They generally ask you to give an example of a time that you did something such as overcoming a difficult problem, leading a group, using innovative thinking, etc.
5. I was not given an internship but I was admitted to their TETRA program. It is a week long training program where they teach you about the company and have you go through thought exercises. During the week you are given an final interview by two people who ask you questions about your resume, experiences, etc. This was a chance to talk about exciting things that you have done.
The TETRA program felt deceptive because at this point they are trying to impress the interviewee into joining the company, although they are not given an offer at that point. They spent a lot of money and treat you to many fancy dinners in order to convince you that this is the place to be.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test and a Personality Test.
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Researcher at Procter & Gamble
Posted Feb 3, 2012
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2011 in Cincinnati, OH (took 5+ months)
The initial step was the online application. Immediately following this, I took a personality assessment which consisted of several hundred questions. After this, there was a quick reasoning test. Fairly straightforward, just pay attention. A month or two after that, I got a call about doing a phone interview. A few weeks later, I did the phone interview and aced it - it's very typical situational leadership/personality questions. A few weeks later, I got asked to come up for a day visit. At the day visit, I was given a more rigorous IQ type test followed by a panel interview with two senior scientists. Just be sure to nerd out and don't be afraid to go into excruciating detail into what you know. After that was a drug test and that's it. An offer was made that very day before I left.
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I didn't accept the offer on the spot because I wanted to negotiate. I was able to raise my offer by about $2k. It wasn't as high as I wanted, but I took it at that point. My advice is to start HIGH. The worst they can say is no, which if they do, you just come back down slowly. If you passed the hiring process, it means they want you, they think you'll be a valuable contribution to the company. Don't be afraid to push back.
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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, a Personality Test, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Customer Business Development at Procter & Gamble
Posted Jan 28, 2012
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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 Jan 2011 in Cincinnati, OH (took 3 days)
Everything was great! The organization is extremely organized and they really give you a great understanding of the company as well as what you will be doing over the summer as an intern. My advice would be to show your true colors and really understand why you are there. Do not try to fit anything that you are not, or say what you think they will want to hear. It will shine through.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test, a Personality Test, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Business Analyst at Procter & Gamble
Posted Dec 22, 2011 — 2 of 2 people found this helpful
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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 Feb 2011 in Cincinnati, OH (took 4+ weeks)
First you need to pass the personality/values test and IQ test. I then received a phone call to set up a phone interview, took the phone interview which was heavy in technical questions and background experiences, then was invited for the second in person IQ test (to confirm it was you who took the first one remotely?). Finally, I was invited to a face-to-face interview with multiple interviewers in the same room asking difficult questions to see if your values are aligned with the companies. Then I received the offer and worked to negotiate.
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I was not able to negotiate. Internally I have had friends that were given increment bonuses when they indicated they were intending to go elsewhere.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test, a Personality Test, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Finance Internship at Procter & Gamble
Posted Dec 12, 2011 — 2 of 2 people found this helpful
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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 Nov 2011 in Cincinnati, OH (took 6 weeks)
The interview process for the finance internship is quite extensive. It begins by taking the online personality test followed by the reasoning test. If you pass both, P&G will then email you within 2 weeks regarding the next step in the process, the phone interviews. I had two, both were women at the associate director and director levels. They were about two weeks apart, and you must pass the first one to get to the second.
Assuming you pass both phone interviews you will be notified via email to come to P&G's headquarters in cincinnati for your final round of interviews. They pay for all travel expenses, as well as food and lodging. The night before your in-person interviews, a fellow P&G finance employee will take you out to dinner to answer any last minute questions you might have, NOTE: this is not another interview, simply a laid back Q&A and is extremely beneficial. Btw, the restaurants they take you to are some of the nicest in the city.
In the morning you will report to the main lobby where you will meet up with an HR employee who will show you around and introduce you to other employees. Before any interviews, you will be asked to take another reasoning test ( similar to the online version but more difficult), you should definitely prepare for this before hand (they will send you a link for a practice exam after your phone interviews). You MUST pass this to get a job offer. Once that is done you will be taken to your first 1:1 interview. Immediately following that you will do another 1:1 interview. Each interview (phone and in person is approx one hour in length).
When both interviews are over, you will be taken out to lunch by a finance employee. P&G tries to mach your personality with the person taking you out to lunch which is really nice.
P&G will contact you anywhere from an hour after you leave up to two weeks later to offer you the position (they called me an hour after).
Two weeks later they will ask you to complete a drug screen. IT IS A HAIR FOLLICLE DRUG TEST SO PREPARE YOURSELF AHEAD OF TIME!!!
That's pretty much it. Good luck!
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The salery they offer you is between $1,800-2,000 bi weekly. It is one of the best paying internships I know of.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test, a Personality Test, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Human Resources Manager at Procter & Gamble
Posted Dec 8, 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 Nov 2011 in Cincinnati, OH (took a day)
Begin the day with an assessment... A VERY CHALLENGING logic reasoning, problem-solving, and pattern identification assessment! Then proceed to a panel interview, a group presentation, and a 1:1 interview. The two sets of interviews pose the same questions. They are classic behavioral interview questions (i.e., "Tell me a time when..."; "Give me an instance..."; etc.) based on the Company's core values. The presentation is on any topic of interest as long as it has business relevancy. Overall, a very thorough interview process and quite challenging.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Presentation and an IQ/Intelligence Test.
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Engineer at Procter & Gamble
Posted Dec 5, 2011
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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 Aug 2011 in Cincinnati, OH (took 4 days)
Applied for Top Engineering Talent Recruiting Event TETRE program. and I processed for rounds of interviews until I was selected to the final interview in Cincinnati which ended by a full time offer. The hiring process is composed of online IQ exams and onsite (contracted office) to take a similar exam. then I phone interviews. then I was selected to the final round in OH.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Presentation, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.
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CBD Summer Internshp at Procter & Gamble
Posted Nov 17, 2011 — 2 of 2 people found this helpful
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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 2011 in Cincinnati, OH (took 2 weeks)
Right after submitting application online, it will ask you to take two tests: behavioral and logic. If you pass the test then you will get a phone interview. The phone interview is about 45 min and you can ask questions at the end. The phone interview questions are mostly questions like "Tell me about a time when...." They will also send you sample questions and tips for the phone interview. If you pass the phone interview you will fly to the headquarter for final interview with 2 P&G representatives.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Personality Test and a Background Check.
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Engineer at Procter & Gamble
Posted Nov 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 Nov 2011 in Cincinnati, OH (took 2 weeks)
Took a personality test and basic reasoning test online. Was contact about a week later by recruiters inviting me to on-campus interview. Had a week to prepare for the interview. Basic C-A-R interview (Context-Action-Result). They emphasize in the interview that's how they would like the responses. Rather basic behavioural questions. All of them were "Tell me about a time when...." Make sure ahead of time you make mental note of several experiences where you had to make big decisions or were in a tough situation. Example: Tell me about a time you had to develop a unique solution to a problem. First interviews consist of 9 behavioral questions. Be sure to ask some well thought out and position oriented questions at the end.
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The interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test and a Personality Test.
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