I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Grainger (Lake Forest, IL) in Oct 2014
Interview
FIrst interview is a 45 minute phone call. Then they fly out you out chicago for second round.
4-5 interviews with 2 person panels. 45 minutes long each. All behavioral each hits on something different
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time when you lead?
Why Grainger?
Name a time when you dealt with a difficult person?
Name a time when you made an unpopular decision and had to stick up for yourself?
Name a time when you had to be a part of the team?
They will try to hit on behavioral things to see if you are a cultural fit
Why are you interested in finance?
A lot of interviews are more casual come prepared with questions to ask there will be 10 mins at the end of each interview.
2 interviews over the phone. The questions were behavioral and no technical questions were asked. Very relaxed process and Hr was very communicative over email. The over the phone interviews were with finance professionals from different parts of finance.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Walk me through resume, do you have any questions for me, pointed out interesting things in my resume
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Grainger in Oct 2018
Interview
Took two weeks. Spoke with team at university career fair about basics of the company and internship. Then completed two 30 minute in person interviews on campus.
Questions were all behavioral.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Grainger (Bloomington, IN) in Oct 2016
Interview
Prenight dinner for all candidates at a local college bar. First round interview involved 2 recruiters speaking with me for 30 minutes about basic resume points and behavioral questions. I was not invited back for a second rounder in the suburbs of Chicago.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Q: Think of a time when you had to make a quick decision.