Material Handler applicants have rated the interview process at Smithfield Foods with 2 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 62.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Material Handler roles take an average of 10 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Smithfield Foods overall takes an average of 20 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Smithfield Foods as a Material Handler according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Background check: 22%
Drug test: 22%
One on one interview: 22%
Personality test: 11%
Presentation: 11%
Skills test: 11%
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I applied in-person. I interviewed at Smithfield Foods (Tar Heel, NC) in Mar 2025
Interview
Very quick and easy process, staff was very friendly. After my walk through I was offered a job still waiting on drug screen and background to come back. Overall easy process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Attendance, Work ethic, work skills and can you perform basic duties.
You need to apply on their website. There is one phone interview. Then a second interview at the company. If selected they put in a background check and covid test. You need to get drug tested. If everything is good they call you for orientation.
I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Smithfield Foods (Greenfield, IN) in Feb 2016
Interview
It was very slow and easy and boring, but it was paid for. they tell you things that arent exactly true and make you push a broom rather than train like they need.