I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at SAP (Philadelphia, PA) in Dec 2017
Interview
The process began with an initial phone screen/interview with the recruiter- very kind, welcoming and professional. Basic questions
A week later I had a phone interview with a Project Manager: typical interview questions, asked my knowledge of the PMI, different certifications, and other PM based questions (fairly basic questions if you've done your research) Other questions about the company, etc.
At the end of that interview I was asked to come to the final round in Philadelphia at their headquarters. The interview (Panel with 3-5 Project Managers of various levels) consisted of an initial 5-10min presentation (by the person being interviewed).
This was followed with roughly 30 minutes of questions. All the individuals interviewing me were very welcoming, kind and professional. They did a great job of making it more of just an open conversation rather than an intimidating interview.
After the interviewed I was taken on a tour of the headquarters by another Associate Project manager that was maybe 6 months into being hired. He was very knowledgeable and welcoming.
Advice: Know everything about the project management institutes, different certifications and requirements and other project management related topics. Don't be nervous, the interviewers were friendly and very professional.
Interview questions [7]
Question 1
Was there ever a time you experienced conflict in a team or with a supervisor and if so how did you confront or handle the situation?
Terrible recruitment experience. Vague, broad job description and only posted general, fundamental things like being detailed oriented and other typical basic soft skills that any experienced working professional would have acquired after working for several years in tech. Then they just give you the automated ATS rejection email with no consideration and still want to give you false hope by sharing some gaslighting video message.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
nothing when you just get auto rejected by the ATS filters
The interview was chill and informal. He asked lots of questions, most based on project experiences. The interviewer was also a product manager. The whole interview takes about 30 minutes.
Interview was in presentation format where a couple of questions were given ahead of time that had to be answered in a 15 minute time frame, followed by a 15 minute question period. The recruiter provided updates up to and following the interview, and was overall a good experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe your experience in customer-facing positions
Associate Project Manager applicants have rated the interview process at SAP with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 70.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Associate Project Manager roles take an average of 44 days to get hired, when considering 6 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at SAP overall takes an average of 28 days.
Common stages of the interview process at SAP as a Associate Project Manager according to 6 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 29%
Background check: 21%
One on one interview: 14%
Presentation: 7%
Group panel interview: 7%
Personality test: 7%
Drug test: 7%
Skills test: 7%
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