Engineering Co-Op applicants have rated the interview process at Dow with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 81% positive. To compare, the company-average is 77.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Engineering Co-Op roles take an average of 9 days to get hired, when considering 27 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Dow overall takes an average of 27 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Dow as a Engineering Co-Op according to 27 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 39%
Group panel interview: 19%
Phone interview: 10%
Personality test: 10%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
Drug test: 6%
Background check: 6%
Skills test: 3%
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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Dow (Berkeley, CA) in Oct 2015
Interview
I talked to local recruiters on campus and was invited to an on campus interview after applying. The interview was strictly behavior, pretty conventional as far as interviews go. There were no technically based questions, mainly just based on your past roles and some situation based questions. Make sure to bring a bunch of question since their script runs out of questions pretty fast. Ended up getting an offer but turning it down for another internship.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Dow (Plaquemine, LA)
Interview
Mechanical engineering student here. Basic STAR behavioral interview. I recommend reading through Dow’s company values and emphasizing them during your interview. After the STAR questions, the interviewer showed me a diagram with a tank, some piping, supports, material info, etc and asked how I would troubleshoot a leak.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Basically like “tell me about a time when you worked with a difficult team member, how did you resolve the issue?” STAR questions
Average for a student interview from a career fair, the panel was nice and asked reasonable and relevant questions. Pervious work experience was a major plus, primarily looking for rising Juniors or current sophomores.
Got selected for interview 3 weeks after applying. Interview was through webex with a panel. Was hard to interact with the 4 people since they all sat around a table and you couldn't make out their features. They were hiring for 3 positions so first each person went through theirs then they welcomed questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Basic behavioral questions. Asked about skills relevant to the job (Solidworks).