I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at General Mills in Sep 2015
Interview
This was a University Recruiting Interview process. Two scientists visited the university and had an interview day for students. They slotted 30 minute interviews for both job and internship positions. When I arrived, they told me that HR had a new system in place to ensure uniformity between University Recruiting locations so they had a set question list printed out for Interviewer 1 and on a laptop for Interviewer 2. Interviewer 1 asked me questions and Interviewer 2 typed my answers into the computer. It felt very automated and I was not very comfortable with the process. There were also quite a large number of questions for a 30 minute interview and it seemed like a rapid-fire Q&A to get through them all which may be why I did not get a call back. I heard from other students interviewing that some of their interviews went over time and those interviewees tended to get call backs potentially because they were more eloquent and complete with their answers.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What would you do if an ingredient supplier contacted you and said the ingredient tested positive for some food pathogen?
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at General Mills (Minneapolis, MN)
Interview
1. Screening from recruiter via phone call
2. 3 hour interview via teams call
Consists of 2 managers and 1 colleague
3. Reconnect from recruiter on status of interview process via phone call
4. Offer letter sent if applicable
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time when your project had an unexpected situation where you had to make a quick decision and how you justified that decision.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 6 months. I interviewed at General Mills (Minneapolis, MN) in Sep 2018
Interview
I had been chatting with a recruiter at GM for about 6 months before I received an email to come and interview in person. It took this long because of timing on my side. The recruiter was amazing. I met with seven people on the day of the interview. Honestly, most of the people were fair and personable. The questions ranged from basic personality questions, to tell me about a time..., to launching a new product. I will say be prepared to understand processing of every single GM product and I mean everything.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
When you retort, why must you fill the product to the required amount of spec? It should not be filled over or under.
