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No Offer – Interviewed in Saint John, NB Feb 2010 – Reviewed May 13, 2010
Interview Details In interview process starts between 8:30 to 12:00, and it will be ended with a lunch. You will have two interview season and between each on them you have a chance to have a friendly chat with one of the experience employee in the company. They will also assign you an interview body, who will accompany you during whole interview process.
Interview Question – Explain a situation that you have a problem with your co worker. how you react to that situation? View Answer
No Offer – Interviewed in Sep 2009 – Reviewed Oct 15, 2009
Interview Details I was interviewed for the co-op position, it was quite fair and no technical questions at all, all are behavior type questions that require you to provide very specific example(description, how to overcome the difficulties, the outcome ) So be prepared with specific examples that can demonstrate your soft skills and also some projects experiences if you're applying for a tech position.
Interview Question – Please tell us a time that you've done beyond the requirements. Answer Question
Accepted Offer – Interviewed on Singapore (Singapore) Jan 2011 – Reviewed May 02, 2013
Interview Details
1. phone interview
2. onsite interview which is basic a short conversation with supervisor
Interview Question – Introduce yourself Answer Question
Accepted Offer – Reviewed May 01, 2013
Interview Details quick and easy, no hard questions mostly interpersonal
Interview Question – no hardballs Answer Question
No Offer – Reviewed Apr 23, 2013
Interview Details First round interview with 2 ExxonMobil employees who had been with the company for 5 years. Asked for several examples for the one question
Interview Question – give an example of conflict when you were a team leader? Answer Question
Accepted Offer – Reviewed Apr 02, 2013
Interview Details
There were 3 interviews and the process took around 2 months. The first 2 were with a third party company that provided the psychological & health test, also the english proficiency tests. After initial assessment from them the passing candidates are contacted by ExxonMobil Human Resources for an interview.
For the final interview I went to the EM offices for which 2 employees (usually supervisors) assess you during a 45 minute interview with 5 core questions: 5 minutes of icebreaker, 30 to ask 5 questions and make notes on your answers and actions and 10 final minutes for wrap up and questions the candidate may have. If you ask any question they will make a note about it.
Candidates are assessed based on: 1) Job Fit 2) Analytical capability 3) Initiating action 4) interpersonal effectiveness 5) drive and perseverance 6) computer skills 7) communication skills (these are based on how you express yourself throughout the interview)
Job Fit: the questions depends on weather you have experience or not (the question will be based on work or on school) they will ask to know about current work experience in accounting and to describe what satisfies your (or not) about it. They will also ask about following process and procedures (EM is all about process & procedures, very burocratic company). Use the words like, enjoy & satisfying. Avoid using the word hate.
Analytical Capability: they will ask to describe a situation when you had to analyze complex financial information to solve a problem (like variances a cost center). Also they may ask about a new procedure or idea implemented by you. Explain the alternatives in both cases and how you decided which was the right action. It's a good idea to mention how you involved or reached to others so as to show you are a team player.
Initiating Action: they will ask to describe a situation when you identified a problem or opportunity and describe how you took action for it and the outcome. They will ask whom you involved and why you decided to act on it.
Interpersonal effectiveness: here they will check how you work with others and how you react to difficult people. They will ask how you would influence or motivate a co worker that is not cooperative, what was the issue and what did you do to obtain a positive outcome. Why was the person difficult? how did you choose the best approach? They will use this to see you ability to build relationships.
Drive and perseverance; they will ask to describe a time when you had to prioritize different tasks in order to meet a deadline. What was the situation, how you acted and the outcome. What criteria did you use to set the priority criteria, how did you feel with the pressure to meet your goals with little time, strategies used to meat your goals and what did you do if you could not meet them. Show positive attitude and ability to prioritize. Also how you involved other people that was affected by it.
Computer skills: describe a challenge you had with a business problem using excel. What features did you use? mention pivot tables, v look up, concatenate, sum, graphs, text to columns, filters, sort, subtotals. Mention if you imported / exported information. If you developed a macro in excel. Mention using other applications like access or powerpoint. If you have experience with SAP this is a good moment to mention that.
Communication skills: there is no question here, but the interviewers are listening to how you communicate yourself, how you enunciate, how you articulate, if your answers are clear and concise, if you are confident or get stuck .Try to be warm when you talk, do not be to loud or strong. You can use humor and definately give examples.
If you get stuck with a word (maybe techincal word) you can explain the meaning so the interviewers can tell it to you (they like that) Be carefull with your grammar, do not be arrogant or unprofessional.
After you are contacted and offered a job there´s a drug and alcohol test.
Interview Question – Not difficult or unexpected, but they did ask what do I know about the company, Research a little about EM, do not go without any knowledge on the company other than they sell gas. Answer Question
Negotiation Details – They did not provided room to negotiation. Take it or leave it offer. There´s a drug and alcohol test after an offer is made and accepted.
Accepted Offer – Reviewed Mar 27, 2013
Interview Details There was one small interview at the agency and they started the application process for me. Then they invited me for the final interview at the company. It was around 2 hours long, with two different teams. It was completely in English, mostly behavioral-based questions and some easy accounting questions.
Interview Question – Tell me a situation where you had to work with people who were really hard on you and how did you solve this? Answer Question
Accepted Offer – Interviewed on Rotterdam (Netherlands) Jan 2011 – Reviewed Mar 18, 2013
Interview Details Apply online and then you have to make an online test. And then two face to face interviews.
Interview Question – Nothing too unexpected Answer Question
Negotiation Details – No negotiaion
No Offer – Interviewed in Houston, TX (US) Oct 2012 – Reviewed Nov 25, 2012
Interview Details First contacted by Production company then sent over to Development. Booked flights on Friday for interviews on Tuesday, so very last minute. Host was great, food was great, and great trip. 7 interviews on site (met another interviewee and they only had 4 interviews, so the # varies). All touched on the same topics so be prepared to repeat yourself, ESPECIALLY leadership experience.
Interview Question – Leadership based question, not sure of the exact wording. Answer Question
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Oct 2012 – Reviewed Nov 07, 2012
Interview Details Required documents are pretty standard; from transcripts, certificates and result slips. The HR personnel are very professional and swift when it comes to replying email. Interview was done in a pretty relaxed environment and the interviewers were engaging and friendly. At no time I felt uncomfortable with the questions asked.
Interview Question – Why did you choose our company? Answer Question
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