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Updated Mar 9, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Human Resources Intern at Smucker
Posted Mar 9, 2012
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2012 in Oxnard, CA (took 2 days)
I applied for an HR intern position at the Oxnard, CA location and was contacted the day after applying. I had an interview on the phone during the initial contact.
Pretty typical interview. The recruiter asked more hypotheticals than behavioral-based questions. It only took about 30 minutes overall.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Marketing at Smucker
Posted Jan 7, 2012
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2011 (took a day)
Receive numerous calls from the company and once you have a phone interview you must fill out a candidate bio form. After the bio form received a first interview, but after three weeks was told they were going in a different direction.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Safety Intern at Smucker
Posted Dec 4, 2011 — 1 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 Declined Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2011 in Oxnard, CA (took a day)
The J. M. Smucker company is a very well-known firm. They were offering an internship in HR in their Oxnard, CA plant. The interview went really well, it was behavioral mostly and it was an enjoyable experience. The interviewer made clear that the HR management was trying to revamp their safety program and they asked me for suggestions in the spot. Do your hw and make sure to think of some ideas that you would suggest to help them improve safety in the plant.
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Reason for Declining
I couldn't accept the offer at the time because of personal reasons, but it was definitely a good HR experience.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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AV Technician at Smucker
Posted Aug 31, 2011
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5.0
Very Difficult Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2011 in Orrville, OH (took 2 months)
I began interviewing for this position in Mid-June 2011. The 1st step consisted of a phone screen/webcam interview. I was scheduled to do this on a weekday afternoon at 1:00 so I took a half day of vacation at my current employer. About an hour before the interview time the HR dept. called and told me they had to re-schedule and initially wanted to do it on another day. Luckily I was able to get it later that same day. This interview was fairly brief.
The next step was an in person interview in Orrville, I met with several people, all 1 at a time, each one of them asked me the same questions.
After this I was brought back for a second in person interview. Before the interview a Smucker's recruiter called me and told me I was the ONLY candidate who was being called back for this step. HOWEVER, when I was at the interview a different recruiter told me there was also 1 other candidate they were "very excited about". That had me scratching my head but I didn't want to throw the first recruiter under the bus so I just wrote it off. This interview was similar to the first in that multiple people took turns asking me the same questions.
The final step consisted of another in person interview, it is Mid-August 2011 at this point. I interviewed with several people who had been hired within the last few months and seemingly had very little to do with the position I was seeking. They took turns asking me the same questions.
I was then called and told I did not get the job via a voice-mail, and an e-mail.
Most of the people I interviewed with were very friendly and very respectful. Overall, I would say the interview process was overkill. If you can get a job there they seem to have great benefits and a great atmosphere. They just aren't very considerate of other people's time(I used a ton of vacation time to go after this position!) during the interview process, and the recruiting dept. seems to be a bit of a mess.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
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Marketing at Smucker
Posted Feb 8, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2011 in Orrville, OH (took 2 months)
Not sure if the proverbial right hand knows what the left hand is doing in Orrville. Applied for a Mkt position. Was contacted by HR and told I had a phone interview with the hiring VP. We set up a day and time for a call. No one called. Called HR back recieved voice mail. In a follow-up call was told the hiring VP was in a meeting, sorry, will get back to you with availablity. Next week no response from HR, I called and was told they did not have the hiring managers availability--HMM!. Next week receive an email from HR that availability was unknown, fill out our a candidate profile. Completed the profile, sent a note, no response. Sent an email to HR the next week asking for a status. Three weeks later I receive a form email that I am not a match.
I have heard the process is very tedious at Smucker, but this experience was IMO unprofessional. You would expect to be treated with higher respect from a company with its reputation.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Internship at Smucker
Posted Jun 22, 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 Apr 2009 in Orrville, OH (took a day)
I met with them at Career fair at my university. Got a phone interview. it was very basic and did not last long at all.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Process Engineer at Smucker
Posted May 5, 2010
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2010 in Scottsville, KY (took a day)
Interviewed with four people.
1. The Human Resource coordinator, a previous engineer.
2. The Engineering Manager, who would be the boss of the position being applied for
3. Another Process Engineer, who was in the exact same position, and would become a co-worker
4. The Plant Manager, also a previous engineer.
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I got the interview through a Staffing Agency and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Business Analyst at Smucker
Posted Jun 9, 2009
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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 (took 2 days)
They gave me a phone interview with a HR contact and the department manager. The HR contact did not seem to know too much about the position, it seemed like he might be outsourced. After that interview I then interviewed with the department manager. It was a short interview and she did not ask me too many detailed questions.
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