I applied through university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at General Mills (Minneapolis, MN) in Oct 2008
Interview
It was campus interview and the recruiter was the hiring manager who is also one of our alumini. The interview content was just like what we expected: self-introduction, some personal skill tests, and one quiz. The quiz was about their product, such as what would you do if consumer complain about the molded snack bar. I did not answer that quite well, since I was not in food science major. Anyway, I did not get any further onsite interview, and I've heard that now they only hire people from their internship pool.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe an occasion when an idea you had was met with enthusiasm
by management.
It was mostly a combination of basic behavioral questions and technical questions. A series of four interviews were done back to back. Followed by lunch and dinner meetings with other employees at the company.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you develop a product that is already popular in Japan, and bring its popularity to Brazil and Europe
I applied through university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at General Mills (Madison, WI)
Interview
on campus info session, then schedule the 1-1 interview, the whole recruiting process is clear and easy to understand. half an hour per person, covered behavior and a bit technical background check.
I applied through university. I interviewed at General Mills
Interview
I got the interview through an info session in my department. I submitted my resume online, once I was contacted about an interview I had to submit a short campus recruitment online application form. On campus interview with 2 current employees. Ran very behind schedule but the interview was comfortable.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Situational questions (What would you do if/what steps would you take if/etc). Technical questions (how would you address this problem with ingredient/in plant; what changes in product if switched ingredient A with ingredient B; etc)