Internship applicants have rated the interview process at Cummins with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 75% positive. To compare, the company-average is 74.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Internship roles take an average of 32 days to get hired, when considering 44 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Cummins overall takes an average of 31 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Cummins as a Internship according to 44 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 26%
One on one interview: 18%
Skills test: 12%
Drug test: 11%
Presentation: 8%
Group panel interview: 8%
Background check: 7%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
Personality test: 4%
Other: 1%
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I applied through college or university. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Cummins (Columbus, IN) in Nov 2017
Interview
HAd two phone interviews. First one was a behavioral interview and the second one was about my resume and why I wanted to work at Cummins. Overall, the process took about four months before I received an offer but other interns received offers in as little as two weeks.
The person I interviewed with was very sweet. For the actual interview process, they focused heavily on behavioral questions, name a time when you worked in a team.. name a time you failed in a project..)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Name a project that you worked on, and describe your role on the project
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Cummins (Pune) in Feb 2026
Interview
About my self and project related questions and they also basic mechanical questions .
Technical and hr interview will be conducted seperately .
In between they may ask u about technical mangeraial questions also
I applied online. I interviewed at Cummins (Midrand) in Oct 2025
Interview
The interview was quite stressful as it was long however the interviewers were so nice and make me feel at ease during the interview. Their questions were clear and if I didn't understand I couldn't ask without feel scared or ashamed
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
My past job experience and scenario based questions