I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Altria (Austin, TX) in Oct 2015
Interview
The overall interview process for the sales and consulting internship was pretty quick and easy. I applied through my school's career services recruiting site as well as on the company's website. Prior to my resume drop, I did meet the lead recruiter and people from the company. About a week after I applied, I received an email about scheduling my first round interview which was just a pre-screening. The interviewer let me know right after the interview that I need to schedule my round 2 if I'm interested. Round 2 is a panel interview with a sales case. The case is pretty easy and you get ample time to work through it before being called into the interview room. The panel consisted of two people who asked some behavioral questions, a presentation of my findings and conclusion for the case, and then a role play. The interview for second round took about 1.5 hours. I was informed that I would receive a call or email the following week about whether or not I moved to the final round so it was a little surprising when I received a call the next day from the lead recruiter about scheduling the final round. The last interview happened about a week and a half after second round, and it was a 'day in the field.' You'll have to be prepared to spend half a day with your interviewer and a territory sales manager essentially shadowing the TSM. They'll get to know you a bit and will probably ask you some questions about how you feel so far. Be prepared to be asked to try selling to a retailer. Don't be scared. They just want to see you take initiative. After the final round, I asked when we would know whether or not we received an internship offer and was told that I'd know by next week. I received a call a few hours after my final round with an offer and accepted.
Clearly, the company knows what they want from their candidates so you can be assured that you'll get a pretty quick turn around in terms of knowing whether or not you moved on. The same thing applies to when you receive offers after the internship. I was told on the last day that they would like me back full-time with them so there's no awkward wait period. Good luck!
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Altria (Richmond, VA)
Interview
Panel Phone Interview where the interview format was behavioral. Questions were framed as "think about a time when..." and the general framework for response would be SCAR (Situation, Challenge, Action, Result)/STAR (Situation, Task, Action, Result)/SOAR (Situation, Obstacle/Objective, Action, Result).
Their interview process has a few rounds. The first is more of a get to know you and then it goes deeper into the job role. They ask questions about you past experience and also applicable questions for the upcoming job.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Altria (Auburn, AL) in Mar 2022
Interview
Unique hiring process for interns where you are able to talk about key skills and experiences, as well a doing a role play to see your potential. May seem a bit scary at first but like every employer they are looking for tbe most qualified students
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Talk about a situation you had to through (current job) and how you handled it.
Intern applicants have rated the interview process at Altria with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 71% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Intern roles take an average of 16 days to get hired, when considering 44 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Altria overall takes an average of 24 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Altria as a Intern according to 44 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 30%
Background check: 16%
One on one interview: 13%
Drug test: 12%
Skills test: 10%
Phone interview: 8%
Presentation: 7%
Personality test: 5%
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