I applied through college or university. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Grainger (Lake Forest, IL) in Oct 2012
Interview
I applied via my college's career fair, and I got an interview request in a few weeks. The Grainger headquarters is quite a sight to behold, especially the lobby. Anyway, I was interview by three panels of three interviewers. Almost all of the questions were behavioral or personality based. I don't remember being asked a single technical question, which actually disappointed me a bit... I was looking for a technical position.
On the whole the interviewers were very nice, and they really did seem to value their interns.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They didn't ask me anything too difficult. The one question I remember feeling uncomfortable with was why I performed so miserably in this one class, and what I would do differently if I could do it again. I feel like there's no winning there. Most of us have that one or two classes that we really didn't do well in for no good reason. No matter what you do, you'll end up looking like you slacked -- unless you have a legitimate reason (e.g. medical)
I applied online. I interviewed at Grainger in Mar 2025
Interview
One screening with Manager , two rounds with team forty five mins each. Mostly ML , Deep Learning and Resume Based Questions. The questions were easy to medium. The results were communicated in 3 days.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Grainger (Bloomington, IN)
Interview
Got an interview after a networking event hosted by my school. I had 2 interviewers in 30-minute back to back interviews. The questions were all behavioral, and were in a conversational setting.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Grainger (Lake Forest, IL) in Oct 2023
Interview
I applied online from out of state, received an interview ask about a month later, two back to back 30 minute interviews on Wednesday. Got the offer on Friday. They were very nice, helpful, and made me excited in a company I had never heard of.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time where you misinterpreted a boss's expectations and what came out of that?