I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at IKEA (Wayne, PA) in Oct 2019
Interview
Worst job interview process I have ever experienced. All communication was done electronically via their hiring application. Never talked with a person. Applied and was not contacted for several months. Then was asked to do a one-way interview. Several months later advised they would be interviewing other candidates. Over 4 months from beginning to end of process with no actual discussion with a person. A very impersonal and disrespectful experience.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at IKEA (Warsaw, Masovia) in Sep 2021
Interview
Overall process has 3 steps: first interview with a person from HR, second step with a manager and last step with a higher manager. I've done two steps. First one was great. The HR's lady was very well prepared. She listened to me, didn't ask the same questions. It was more like a chat than a serious interview. The second part was worse. Manager didn't seem to be interested in the conversation. Repeated the same questions a few times. Seemed like she really didn't care. Probably she's already had someone on her mind.
Tell me about a time when you had a conflict with your co-worker and did you solve this problem./Have you ever worked with someone you didn't agree with?
I applied online. I interviewed at IKEA (Malmö, Skåne) in Jun 2020
Interview
It was a great experience! The interviewer was calm, patient, and very clear with the questions. I was comfortable throughout the entire interview. The questions asked mostly related to previous jobs. The interviewer was interested in getting to know who I am as a person, that is, my character and values.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Q: Describe how your previous role description and experience can fit into this new role.
Production Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at IKEA with 2.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 77.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Production Engineer roles take an average of 37 days to get hired, when considering 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at IKEA overall takes an average of 19 days.
Common stages of the interview process at IKEA as a Production Engineer according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 30%
IQ intelligence test: 20%
Presentation: 20%
Other: 10%
Background check: 10%
One on one interview: 10%
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