E & J Gallo had a recruiter at my college career fair which is where I first connected with them. After talking to the recruiter and expressing my interest, I presented my resume and was told that they would be reaching out to me if they believed I was a good fit. My first interview was 30 minutes that had behavioral based questions. The second interview was talking about my resume & relative experience. I then attended a two day interview process with 20 other candidates in Chicago where we presented a case question presentation on one day then the next day consisted of three rounds of interviews with executives of Gallo.

I applied online and heard back from the recruiter the very next day. The interview took place a week later and lasted about 30 minutes. The recruiters were really nice, however, it seemed more like they had been trained to be nice rather than being genuinely nice and interested in you. The interview was pretty fast paced and they mainly asked questions about leadership experience. Many of their questions were follow-up based, meaning they asked questions based on your answer to their previous question. They also asked you to go through your resume and your highlights, which in all honesty, it seemed like they hadn't even looked at before the interview. Although I was really stoked about this opportunity at first, I didn't quite like the bit of insincerity I could sense during the interview. Consequently, this made me question whether or not I would really like to work for this company. I could also tell based on the interview that I wasn't suited for this program because they seem to be looking for a very specific type of leadership, which makes sense. Either way, the interview process was pretty okay and like most interviews, although I haven't ever felt that slight ungenuine vibe from any other recruiter I've interviewed with before.