I applied online. I interviewed at General Mills (Mississauga, ON) in Nov 2013
Interview
2 rounds of interview - first round with hiring Manager and another member of team. 2nd round with hiring manager then HR manager. In addition, completed online assessment in advance called the Occupational Personality Questionnaire (or OPQ) to measure personal work style + an onsite assessment of your verbal and numeric reasoning skills
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Talk about the last time you had to take responsibility of a key business objective or project deliverable.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at General Mills (Minneapolis, MN) in Aug 2024
Interview
Three rounds of interviews with each one getting longer and more specific. After each round, the company got back to me within 2 days and moved quickly. Each round consisted of interviews with 3 different people.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time you analyzed data and implemented a process change as a result of your findings.
I applied online. I interviewed at General Mills (Saint Paul, MN) in Aug 2020
Interview
Rigorous and extremely time consuming but committed to finding the good fit for the team. There were aptitude and personality tests which took about 2 hours, and then 7 interviews after that.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at General Mills (Toronto, ON) in Aug 2019
Interview
Interviewed with 2 directors face-to-face, and a phone interview with the hiring manager to begin with. Relatively easy questions for the role. Was able to negotiate salary and starting bonus.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you evaluate a capital expenditure project?
Finance Manager applicants have rated the interview process at General Mills with 3.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 74.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Finance Manager roles take an average of 21 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at General Mills overall takes an average of 21 days.
Common stages of the interview process at General Mills as a Finance Manager according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Personality test: 15%
Phone interview: 15%
Drug test: 15%
IQ intelligence test: 15%
One on one interview: 15%
Presentation: 8%
Group panel interview: 8%
Background check: 8%
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