I applied through university. I interviewed at Tate & Lyle
No offer
Negative experience
Average interview
Application
I applied through university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Tate & Lyle (Loudon, TN) in Oct 2018
Interview
The interview consisted of 3 different sessions of interviews (30 min each) and a plant tour. I was not impressed with this process. They never even gave me a response even after I reached out for an answer and told them I had another offer and needed to know. The engineers seemed overwhelmed, and they mentioned that it was difficult for them to get help even when they asked (they had only been there a year). I was told they want someone who can be thrown in and seen if they could "sink or swim" which seemed very dangerous for a new engineer at a chemical plant and wouldn't allow much opportunity to learn the process.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
Q. What is the voltage of the wall outlet? Distance between beams inside the wall? Voltage in car battery?
Got an interview after a career fair for the position. I was asked mainly technical questions about projects on my resume. Did not get any follow up after the interview
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Was asked to describe how a piece of equipment was calibrated
I applied through university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Tate & Lyle
Interview
Brief first round of interviews with a few technical questions. Intensive final round of interviews. There was a technical, leadership, and teamwork portion to the interview. Total interview was roughly 2 hours.
I met 3 groups of 3 interviewers, including the plant manager. The also included plant tour and lunch with engineering team. People were friendly and the interviewers were relaxed. A few days after I got a phone call for an offer from the hiring manager and I accepted after a few days.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What unit operations have you worked with? Tell us more about them and what that involved.