Intern applicants have rated the interview process at Caterpillar with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 81% positive. To compare, the company-average is 72.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Intern roles take an average of 20 days to get hired, when considering 64 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Caterpillar overall takes an average of 24 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Caterpillar as a Intern according to 64 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 31%
Phone interview: 17%
Group panel interview: 14%
Drug test: 10%
Skills test: 7%
Background check: 7%
Personality test: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
Presentation: 4%
Other: 1%
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I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Caterpillar in May 2014
Interview
Applied through university career website, 2-round interview. First is behavioral and second is behavioral and technical. This was an engineering consulting company looking for an mechanical engineer intern for one of their main customer Cat. 1st round HR from consulting company gave me a call and ask some general behavior question. 2nd round a group manager from Cat gave me a screen interview. Questions are standards. Just prepare something with Pro/E and analysis experience
Applied online, in person interview at a conference. Got offer 3 weeks later. Very chill interview. Encouraged STAR method for answers to the questions. Lots of questions, probably around 10. No technical questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What was one time you had to break safety protocol to solve a problem?
phone screening first, then in-person interview with 2 panelist for an hour. It consists of behavioral questions mainly and some introduction about the company and the team from the interviewer and Q&A at the end.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a time when you asked someone to do something for your favor
it was an wonderful experience, first round was a online assessment then followed by a two day hackathon and after completely the hackathon there will be only one technical interview.