SYSCO Interview Questions & Reviews
Overview |
| |
Salaries |
| |
Reviews |
| |
Interviews |
| |
Photos |
| |
Jobs |
| |
|
Updated Mar 22, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
|
Difficulty Rating [?] Based on 26 ratings 
“Average” Interview
|
Interview Experience [?] Based on 26 ratings
|
SYSCO has 4,111 connections on Glassdoor
See Who You Know
| 1–10 of 26 SYSCO Interviews | Sort by |
Marketing Associate (Sales Representative ) at SYSCO
Posted Mar 22, 2012
|
4.0
Difficult Interview
|
Overall Neutral Experience
|
Interviewed and No Offer
|
Interviewed Dec 2011 (took a day)
Interviewed with three people, same questions were asked each time.
Interview Questions
Other Details
The interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview.
More SYSCO Marketing Associate (Sales Representative ) Interviews
Helpful Interview?
Yes |
No
Inappropriate?
Sourcing Manager at SYSCO
Posted Mar 12, 2012
|
4.0
Difficult Interview
|
Overall Positive Experience
|
Interviewed and No Offer
|
Interviewed Feb 2012 in Houston, TX (took 5+ weeks)
They first contacted me because I applied for that same position a year ago but at that time their salary range was low then just recently they called me to find out If I was interested and they said their salary ranges had increased from last year so after I showed interested I had 2 phone interviews one with HR then with the hiring manager, after that they sent me a personality / behavioral test to complete and sent back, once this was reviewed by the manager a set of 3 face to face interviews are next and please be prepared they are hard no time for anything just strait talking for 3-4 hours, then after they reviewed the candidates they said that they I was strong candidate but they preferred to hire within their company…. Great interview experience but I wished they should review their internal candidates before they go out and start wasting candidates time. Overall it seems a great company to work for..
Interview Questions
Other Details
The interview consisted of a Personality Test, a Skills Test, a 1:1 Interview and a Phone Interview.
Helpful Interview?
Yes |
No
Inappropriate?
Sales at SYSCO
Posted Dec 21, 2011
|
4.0
Difficult Interview
|
Overall Positive Experience
|
Received and Accepted Offer
|
Interviewed Apr 2011 (took 2 weeks)
The interview was very thorough and objective
Interview Questions
How would you handle a hard to get along with fellow employee?
Negotiation Details
There was no negotiating the offer
Other Details
The interview consisted of a Drug Test, a Personality Test and a 1:1 Interview.
Helpful Interview?
Yes |
No
Inappropriate?
Sales at SYSCO
Posted Nov 11, 2011
|
3.0
Average Interview
|
Overall Positive Experience
|
Interviewed and No Offer
|
Interviewed Sep 2009 in Houston, TX (took a day)
Sell me this pen, talk about features, advantages, and bennifits. This question is design for one purpose only. Ask questions to find out what the consumer is actually looking for. Many approach this as " i have the best pen on the market it writes well, ink color, blah, blah. Ask questions to find out what the consumer is actually looking for, then sell the pen
Interview Questions
Other Details
The interview consisted of a Drug Test and a 1:1 Interview.
Helpful Interview?
Yes |
No
Inappropriate?
Business Process Management at SYSCO
Posted Aug 11, 2011
|
3.0
Average Interview
|
Overall Positive Experience
|
Received and Accepted Offer
|
Interviewed Jun 2011 in Houston, TX (took 4 weeks)
Easier to get in the door if you have an employee referral. In a big hiring mode due to transformation efforts that are taking place. Applied online for two positions. I was not selected about 1 week later for one job because I was overqualified. I was called by a recruiter for the other job and did the initial phone screen. Midway through process I was handed off to new recruiter. Then had initial phone interview with hiring manager.
2nd round was with 3 different people from the department at different levels for fit. Questions were not hard and very typical. Had a follow up phone interview with hiring manager.
Negotiation Details
Yes. I actually had another offer from a different company so I had some leverage. They are flexible. Make them wait and week. I did and the up the offer by $5k and gave me a sign-on bonus to expediate my decision.
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Background Check, a Drug Test, a Group/Panel Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Phone Interview.
Helpful Interview?
Yes |
No
Inappropriate?
Business Analyst at SYSCO
Posted Jul 29, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
|
3.0
Average Interview
|
Overall Positive Experience
|
Received and Accepted Offer
|
Interviewed Jul 2011 in Houston, TX (took 2+ weeks)
They called first to setup an phone interview with the HR rep. After that I had to take an advances excel and access test. Excel hands on and access multiple choice. After that I was notified for an onsite interview with 3 individuals. Interviews went great but it did take me 4 hours. Overall good first impression.
Interview Questions
Negotiation Details
They are pretty firm on the salary offers.
Other Details
The interview consisted of a Background Check, a Drug Test, a Skills Test, a 1:1 Interview and a Phone Interview.
Helpful Interview?
Yes |
No
Inappropriate?
Marketing Associate (Sales Representative ) at SYSCO
Posted Jul 22, 2011 — 2 of 2 people found this helpful
|
4.0
Difficult Interview
|
Overall Positive Experience
|
Received and Accepted Offer
|
Interviewed Jul 2011 in Walnut, CA (took 3 days)
I currently was working as a General Manager and I was approached by the district manager of that region to apply for Sysco. I applied and was not aware how many steps I would have to go through to interveiw. The first interveiw was on the phone normal questions mostly yes or no then some questions about yourself such as what makes you unique. The second interveiw consists of a lunch interveiw where you are asked about a scenario and you must tell them what happened how you handled it and what was the outcome. Be prepared because you'll get about 8 of them on that interveiw. Third step is the corporate interveiw where you must interveiw with 3 people(Director of HR, Regional sales, VP of sales. Make sure you prepare really well because each interveiw is an hour long and there are no breaks in between yikes!! The only bad part of this is you will be asked about a scenario questions by each interviewer and the questions seem the same just worded different but you cannot repeat your answers.
Interview Questions
Negotiation Details
No negotiations all makering associates start off with the same pay
Other Details
The interview consisted of a Background Check, a Drug Test, a Personality Test, a Group/Panel Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Phone Interview.
More SYSCO Marketing Associate (Sales Representative ) Interviews
Helpful Interview?
Yes |
No
View Comments (1)
Inappropriate?
Credit Manager at SYSCO
Posted Jun 6, 2011
|
3.0
Average Interview
|
Overall Negative Experience
|
Interviewed and No Offer
|
Interviewed Jan 2011 in Plant City, FL (took 1+ week)
Applied via Careerbuilder. received phone call to set up interview, followed by interview with 2 people. They weren't really sure of what they were doing. It was for a new position that I was to define, but when asked what they envisioned for the position they said it was for me to figure out what to do. No goals, daily duties, nothing at all, though I was asked several times if I could work 50+ hours a week. Not sure how they knew it would take over 50 hours when they couldn't even tell me what the current person doing the job was doing all those hours. When asked about the culture of the company (meaning do the employees even like each other? is it like a family? business casual? etc), they responded that they have all types of people working there from diverse backgrounds.... ok then!
Interview Questions
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview.
Helpful Interview?
Yes |
No
Inappropriate?
Supply Chain Analyst at SYSCO
Posted May 4, 2011
|
4.0
Difficult Interview
|
Overall Positive Experience
|
Interviewed and No Offer
|
Interviewed Oct 2010 (took 4+ weeks)
The interview was a rigourous process. 1st a telephonic interview on resume and behavorial questions. 2nd step was a MS Access test and some simple math questions. 3rd round was 1:1 interview back to back with 4 different people. Overall very good experience
Interview Questions
Other Details
The interview consisted of a Skills Test, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a 1:1 Interview and a Phone Interview.
Helpful Interview?
Yes |
No
Inappropriate?
Intern at SYSCO
Posted Feb 3, 2011
|
3.0
Average Interview
|
Overall Neutral Experience
|
Interviewed and No Offer
|
Interviewed Apr 2010 in Columbia, SC (took 2 weeks)
I applied on their website about 1 month before the interview. They emailed saying that they want to interview in-person. The interview was pretty basic. They asked questions such as "Tell me about yourself", "Why do you want to work for this company", "Have you ever encounter conflicts between co-workers and how did you resolve it?. They also asked a few basic technical questions like "What is this term mean", "How would you do conduct this research". They interviewer was an executive level employee of that company. After that he will explain to you the job description and salary. Then you can ask you questions. This person was very nice although did not seem very enthusiastic about doing the interview. In total, the interview took about an hour. After that, it took about 1 week to hear back.
Interview Questions
Other Details
The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
Helpful Interview?
Yes |
No
Inappropriate?
RSS Feed for SYSCO
Interviews
Embed
