I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Procter & Gamble in Oct 2009
Interview
I got P&G interview opportunity through campus for a researcher position for R&D for PhD and PostDocs. Around 15 PhD/PostDoc candidates were selected for the interview on the campus. Interview questions were related to your research work and soft skills. Like describe your research work, how do you work in collaboration, how do you resolve issues in work environment, Describe a time when you could not complete or failed at work and why. Lastly they ask you to ask them questions regarding P&G.
After the interview process, it seems that the interviewer prepares a letter of recommendation for you, based on which you may be called for another interview by any research team at P&G that may want to hire resources. However, till now I never heard anything back from P&G in a span of around 4 months. To my knowledge no one from my school heard back after the first round. Well, similar to previous reviews by others I believe P&G takes a lot of time in their recruiting process and many people suggested me to apply to other companies because P&G has enough talent pool and one may not be called for next round for several more months.
I think getting the first interview call is just a boast; but you are not more than just 5% near to getting to be hired. I would suggest, with this boast apply enthusiastically to other companies and not keep waiting for next round.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Describe your research work and why did you do it ?
I applied in-person. I interviewed at Procter & Gamble
Interview
Test and and interview, to get interview you had to get 75% plus in the test. Interview was general questions you would expect in an interview, nothing technical. Very friendly.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Procter & Gamble (Singapore)
Interview
1 round of Online application, 2 rounds of online assessment (standard reasoning test with IQ questions, personality test and logic questions) , 1 round of (IQ pattern solving questions, basic math questions, logic questions) assessment on site, 2 rounds of face to face interviews with section heads and HR manager
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a situation where you influence a team, face problem in your life and how you solve it, learn something to accomplish a goal, etc. Quite a bit of technical questions related to past projects you have done and how you would approach a real life problem faced by researchers (i.e. how to solve xxx problem a particular product formulation).
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Procter & Gamble (Potsdam, NY) in Oct 2015
Interview
I applied online 2 weeks before the recruiter came to campus, there were two online tests needed to be done before the processing to next stage, which was the first round of interview. I talked to the campus recruiter during the career fair and then I was informed by the school that I was selected to receive a Skype interview.
