Purchasing applicants have rated the interview process at Cummins with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 75% positive. To compare, the company-average is 74.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Purchasing roles take an average of 35 days to get hired, when considering 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Cummins overall takes an average of 31 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Cummins as a Purchasing according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 30%
Drug test: 30%
Background check: 30%
One on one interview: 10%
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I applied through college or university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Cummins (Lansing, MI) in Oct 2014
Interview
on campus career fair, interview at the 2nd day,30-45 mins with 2 recruiters. they both alumni from engineering side. the whole interview process is more formal than being interactive. difficulty is average, team questions and leadership questions
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
6-8 basic behavior questions; they ask questions one by one and take notes
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Cummins in Nov 2017
Interview
The interview process was not too difficult. I had one interview, over the phone. The interviewer asked some technical questions regarding how I would go about fixing the problem, he also asked some behavioral questions as well.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How does your experience make you a great fit for the company?
I applied through college or university. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Cummins (Columbus, IN)
Interview
We all had pretty good experiences. The recruiter did a great job at helping me feel comfortable, really tried to get to know who I was and figure out whether i would like working for Cummins and in turn do a good job. Great experience overall.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Cummins (Bloomington, IN) in Dec 2014
Interview
Two phone interviews. They were very nice and friendly, asked me simple questions at first, mostly behavioral. It took about two months for them to get back to me. I got my offer in january but had my first interview in November at a career fair, then later I had another interview in December through the phone and another one about a week later. HR is very friendly.