Parker Hannifin Interview Questions
Updated Feb 28, 2021
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Interviews at Parker Hannifin
Experience
Positive72%
Negative10%
Neutral19%
Getting an Interview
Applied online38%
Campus Recruiting25%
Recruiter12%
Difficulty
2.8
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Interviews for Top Jobs at Parker Hannifin
- Engineering (16)
- Intern (10)
- Engineer (9)
- Technical Sales Associate (8)
- Territory Manager (5)
- Engineering Co-Op (5)
- Sales Engineer (4)
- Leadership Development Program (4)
- Internship (3)
- Supplier Quality Engineer (3)
- Manufacturing Engineer (3)
- Technical Sales Development Program (3)
- Mechanical Engineering Co-Op (3)
- Product Engineer (3)
- Design Engineer (3)
- Maintenance Technician (3)
- Accounting (3)
- Software Engineer (3)
- Manager (3)
- Customer Service (3)
- Material Handler (3)
- Quality Engineer (3)
- Senior Accountant (3)
- Controls Engineer (2)
- Engineering Leadership Development Program (2)
- Sales (2)
- Senior Software Engineer (2)
- Manufacturing Engineer Co-Op (2)
- Supply Chain (2)
- Mechanical Engineer (2)
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Anonymous Employee in United States
Accepted Offer
Positive Experience
Easy Interview
Application
InterviewI applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Parker Hannifin (United States)
Interview process was quick and straightforward. Had a phone interview at the beginning of the week with the sales manager, had a 5 person panel interview 2 days after, received an offer the following day.
Interview Questions
- What makes our products stand out/why would you choose to use our components over another vendor such as Pendotech?

Anonymous Interview Candidate in United States
No Offer
Neutral Experience
Average Interview
Application
InterviewI interviewed at Parker Hannifin (United States)
Wait in the front office, then go into interview room where a board of employees interview you asking various questions. Then they ask you if you have any questions for them before leaving.
Interview Questions
- Where is a time that you had to use good communication skills?
Join the Parker Hannifin team

Anonymous Employee in United States
Accepted Offer
Positive Experience
Average Interview
Application
InterviewI interviewed at Parker Hannifin (United States)
It consisted of a short 30 min interview where they assessed whether you had a general understanding of engineering problem solving then an hour interview that was more in-depth. It included a PowerPoint presentation on a project or something you were proud of in your college career so far.
Interview Questions
- What would you consider is one of your strengths?

Anonymous Employee in United States
Accepted Offer
Neutral Experience
Average Interview
Application
InterviewI interviewed at Parker Hannifin (United States)
Eight, thirty minute interviews with each Operating Group. Dinner the night before at the company hotel. Travel expenses reimbursed. Overall, well organized and well run program. Each Group would ask different questions about those markets, and situational base questions.
Interview Questions
- What is your favorite movie?

Anonymous Interview Candidate in United States
Declined Offer
Positive Experience
Average Interview
Application
InterviewI applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Parker Hannifin (United States)
The group interview was efficient. I felt like all of the relevant questions were asked. Everyone was very friendly and made me feel as comfortable as possible. They really made the company seem to be a great place to work.
Interview Questions
- What level of experience do you have working with IT-related projects?

Anonymous Interview Candidate in Helsinki, Southern Finland
Declined Offer
Negative Experience
Average Interview
Application
InterviewI applied online. I interviewed at Parker Hannifin (Helsinki, Southern Finland) in Feb 2021
Slow process. Interview is done by not professionally prepared or trained interviewers. Just some persons from the company who are somehow linked to the applied job. Overall picture was that they look for "friends", not actually skilled workers.
Interview Questions
- What are your strongest features?

Anonymous Interview Candidate in United States
No Offer
Neutral Experience
Average Interview
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InterviewI applied through college or university. I interviewed at Parker Hannifin (United States)
Before the interviews, there was a brief info session about what the company is about. Multiple consecutive zoom interviews with different department leaders. In total, there were 4 interviews with 3 people in each. Roughly 30 minutes was spend with each group of people.
Interview Questions
- How would other people describe you?
- Are you willing to relocate?
- What are you strength and weaknesses?

Anonymous Employee in United States
Accepted Offer
Positive Experience
Average Interview
Application
InterviewI interviewed at Parker Hannifin (United States)
1. Phone screen with direct supervisor. 2. Direct supervisor interview. 3. On site Panel interview of site peers. 4. Evening dinner with Division Business unit manager and Division HR manager.
Interview Questions
- Work ethic questions. They wanted to ensure you are a hard worker and going to be compatible with the team.
- They did a site tour and judged me on observations in the warehouse.

Anonymous Interview Candidate in New York, NY
Declined Offer
Positive Experience
Easy Interview
Application
InterviewThe process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Parker Hannifin (New York, NY)
Five rounds of interviews (in order): Hiring Manager, VP of Finance, Panel with EHS + Legal + Engineering, Insurance Broker, and CFO. Personality test after panel interview. I was asked for my target salary on my application, but their first offer was 30% less than my target and their second offer was 17% less than my target. I declined the offer.
Interview Questions
- What is your experience with acquisitions and transactional insurance?
- What is your experience with insurance captives?
- What is your marketing strategy for a global insurance program?
- Tell me about yourself.

Anonymous Employee in United States
Accepted Offer
Positive Experience
Average Interview
Application
InterviewI applied online. I interviewed at Parker Hannifin (United States)
Fairly laid back but it was in a panel interview so it was a bit intimidating. Overall, the interviewers were very nice and answered any questions that i had and were very responsive after the interview.
Interview Questions
- Name a time when you had to solve a problem and how did you solve it?
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