I applied through college or university. I interviewed at PepsiCo (Cleveland, OH) in Oct 2012
Interview
They recruited on campus so I had my first interview there. I talked to one guy for about a half hour and then a lady for another half hour. They were really nice, very professional. They flew me out to Detroit for my second/final interview, which was a 2 day thing. The first night was dinner, socializing and the candidates asking a panel questions for a couple hours. The next day was interviewing with 3 different people for about 45 minutes each. One was a sales pitch, the other 2 were a lot of behavioral questions. The last part was going through your resume to a group of about 20 other candidates and interviewers. Pretty intense and long. Everyone there was an over-achiever.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If the manager responsible for receiving a shipment did not show up to work one day, how would you handle it? The shipment still needs to get there otherwise the store will not have the correct products and it can't be late.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at PepsiCo (Orlando, FL) in Oct 2017
Interview
After applying online the process began with a short on campus interview with a PepsiCo representative. From there I was contacted to travel to Orlando for next round interviews. This consisted of a dinner the night before where we were given information about the next day's process. The actual interview process was 4 consecutive interviews formatted as: a resume review, a behavioral interview, a case presentation, and a sales scenario.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a time in which you had to develop and execute a successful plan.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at PepsiCo (Halifax, NS) in Oct 2016
Interview
The Sales Development Program for new grads was an average/below average process. Two HR employees from PepsiCo reached out to me to interview (despite my disinterest in the position). They were very persistent — it felt a little too aggressive. I submitted an application and made it to the first interview stage, where four managers (some senior) asked various behavioural and situational questions. All the questions they asked have been previously posted on Glassdoor. This could have been very beneficial, had I looked on this website beforehand. I did not make it past the first interview round.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How an industry trend (besides the health &wellness) would impact their business.
I applied through college or university. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at PepsiCo
Interview
Many different rounds that consisted of many different types of interviews. It was a long process that had me going back and forth for months. Started off with easy on-campus interview, then continued to an on-site all day interview with other applicants. After that interview i was invited to a 2 day interview at one of their big locations; there were 4 different rounds of interviews that included role-play, behavioral and situational as well as a presentation. Overall the people were very friendly and made me feel comfortable during all of the interviews but I was just not what they were looking for. It was disappointing after all of the time spent but it was great interview and learning experience.
