Senior Research Scientist applicants have rated the interview process at Colgate-Palmolive with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 69% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Research Scientist roles take an average of 46 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Colgate-Palmolive overall takes an average of 29 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Colgate-Palmolive as a Senior Research Scientist according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 29%
Phone interview: 14%
Background check: 14%
Drug test: 14%
Presentation: 14%
Personality test: 14%
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I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Colgate-Palmolive (Piscataway, NJ)
Interview
It seems quite complex, having been, most recently on the side of the Interviewer. It seems that we require quite a large number of face to face or phone interviews after a lengthly resume weeding process. After the individual is chosen, then HR has the task of interviewing more and giving an offer. After this it seems that there is a background check (becoming quite stringent), a physical, and a small mountain of paperwork. This takes up to 8 weeks or more before you will be able to start.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I would say that we ask very typical interview questions, and that all of them, barring personal questions, are difficult to answer.
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Colgate-Palmolive (Piscataway, NJ) in Aug 2015
Interview
Presentation+individual interview, very standard behavioral questions. It took two months between applying online and HR phone interview and another 2-3 weeks before HR contacted me for an on-site interview. But I appreciated HR provided me feedbacks on the interview results. Overall, my interview experience is nice.