I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Koch (Wichita, KS) in Apr 2009
Interview
My recruiter called me with the opportunity and asked to send my resume over to Koch. Koch replied the next day that it was interested in having a telephone interview with me the following week. My first telephone interview was with a Koch Recruiter who asked mainly your typical behavioral interview questions (i.e. greatest accomplishment, situation where you had a problem with a co-worker or boss, personality traits). She contacted me the next day and told me that the company would like to have a 2nd phone interview of a more technical nature. I interviewed with a Director - technical in nature. Koch called me the next day and said they would like to fly me out to KS so I interviewed on site at Koch Industries with 7 people in a day (an HR rep first, the Director of the department for the position I was interviewing, and each of the department heads of IT. I got a call back a few days later and was made an offer.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Describe a situation where you did not get along with a co-worker or boss and how did you handle it?
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Koch (Logan, UT) in Sep 2018
Interview
Interview mainly focused on personality traits over technical skills. The interviewer will be testing you to make sure you are being honest. Just make sure you are being 100% honest and there won't be a problem.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time you messed up, and needed to explain your wrong doing to your supervisor.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Koch (Wichita, KS) in Sep 2018
Interview
I applied before the career fair at K-State in the fall. They hosted a meet and greet ice cream social the evening before the on campus interview.
That first interview was 30 minutes and strictly behavioral based so situations and how I handled it. Felt slightly negative at first with questions leaning towards times I failed, needed help from pier, and just topics that were not very happy or fun.
Next set of interviews were at Koch's headquarters in Wichita. Consisted of back-to-back 30 minute interviews with people in the IT department so slightly more related to the field and skills but still very situational based. These interviews were more conversational and more enjoyable than the first. We were told at the beginning of the day that we had been selected as the top 20% and that these interviews were less weeding out and more seeing where we would fit best.
HQ was a great place to interview and see the work environment.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
Describe a time that you failed and what did you do about it.
I applied online. I interviewed at Koch (Reno, NV) in Apr 2017
Interview
The interview took place in two parts: 1) a phone interview with a recruiting specialist in Wichita, and 2) a three part in-person interview at the Reno, NV office. The first interview was a generic personality/work ethic interview with questions such as "what is your greatest strength/weakness". The phone interview lasted about 30-40 minutes. The second round of interviews included an interview with the following positions: 1) an hour long in-person interview with the director of strategy/Reno office manager, 2) a 30 minute skype interview with a manager in the I.T. department in Wichita, and 3) a 30 minute skype interview with the manager of the cloud architecture department. Overall, the interviews were focused upon your fit in their culture and your previous experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time you experienced conflict within a team.
