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Positive77%
Negative9%
Neutral13%
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Campus Recruiting10%
Employee Referral6%
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Anonymous Interview Candidate in Calgary, AB

No Offer
Positive Experience
Average Interview
Application

I interviewed at Cenovus (Calgary, AB)

Interview

a pre-recorded, one-way video interview. As part of the interview, you will be asked to answer a combination of informational questions and behavioural questions about specific situations or tasks you have dealt with throughout your career.

Interview Questions
  • General questions, mostly information and behavioral question
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Cenovus

Anonymous Employee in Calgary, AB

Accepted Offer
Positive Experience
Average Interview
Application

I interviewed at Cenovus (Calgary, AB)

Interview

Slow after applying, but once interviewed the process closed in about a week. They use video recorded interviews and then set up virtual interviews which was well coordinated. Overall it was a good experience.

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Cenovus

Anonymous Employee in Calgary, AB

Accepted Offer
Positive Experience
Easy Interview
Application

I applied online. I interviewed at Cenovus (Calgary, AB) in Sept 2023

Interview

The entire process was smooth with no glitches in between the recordings. The questions displayed were basic and easy to answer. It took about 10-15 minutes to complete the interview.

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Cenovus

Anonymous Interview Candidate in Dublin, OH

Declined Offer
Positive Experience
Average Interview
Application

I interviewed at Cenovus (Dublin, OH)

Interview

Fairly straight forward interview process. Phone screen then in person panel interview. After in person interview they extend and offer if you are successful candidate to move on. Interview questions are based on star. Situation, task, action and then final result.

Interview Questions
  • Tell me about a time you worked with someone you didn’t like.
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Cenovus

Anonymous Interview Candidate in St. John's, NL

No Offer
Positive Experience
Average Interview
Application

I interviewed at Cenovus (St. John's, NL)

Interview

Online experience was smooth and courteous, with lots of discussion and several people in the interview. Team Lead, member and an HR rep were present. They're follow up was poor following the interview especially considering internal application process.

Interview Questions
  • What do you believe to be the key requirements to a successful candidate in this role?
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Cenovus

Anonymous Interview Candidate in Calgary, AB

No Offer
Positive Experience
Average Interview
Application

I applied online. I interviewed at Cenovus (Calgary, AB)

Interview

The interview was forty five minutes long with a mix of technical and behavioral questions. There were four interviewers present, one HR and subsurface three managers. Overall good experience, pretty standard.

Interview Questions
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Cenovus

Anonymous Employee in Calgary, AB

Accepted Offer
Positive Experience
Average Interview
Application

I interviewed at Cenovus (Calgary, AB)

Interview

1 recorded interview and 1 online panel interview. They were both done online and there is two attempts for recorded interview for each question. Online panel interviews consisted of 3 person and they asked similar question to first interview which included answering questions in STAR format.

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Anonymous Interview Candidate in Calgary, AB

No Offer
Positive Experience
Average Interview
Application

I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Cenovus (Calgary, AB) in May 2023

Interview

Smoothie process with most of the usual interview questions. I was only with the hiring manager. She explained about the company and the team. For each question that was about to describe a situation, she tried to give an example from her experience in the company.

Interview Questions
  • Talk about a time you had to work on a challenging project.
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Anonymous Employee in Toronto, ON

Accepted Offer
Positive Experience
Difficult Interview
Application

The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Cenovus (Toronto, ON)

Interview

Took about 1month to get a response after I applied. 1st interview was a self recorded video interview where I answered 10 general questions. After I was done, it took about 1 week for HR to reach back and I was invited for my 2nd interview. This was an interview with my to-be direct supervisor, some other supervisor and an HR member. I was asked behavioural style questions and 2 technical questions. When it was all done, I received a verbal offer on the same day and my formal offer the next day.

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Cenovus

Anonymous Interview Candidate in Calgary, AB

No Offer
Positive Experience
Difficult Interview
Application

I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Cenovus (Calgary, AB) in Apr 2023

Interview

Formal, with interviewer looking for knowledge on relvant past experiences in negotiations. She'll focus on experience and how one conduct business with external stakeholders. Be prepared to know the company's assest and how they are positioned in the Canadian industry.

Interview Questions
  • If you were offered between a game tickets or a personal vacation from an opposing negotiator I hopes to take an offer, which one would you take?
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Cenovus Interviews FAQs

Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Cenovus as 76% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.70 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Sr HR Advisor and Student Worker rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Field Administrator and Senior Reliability Engineer roles were rated as the easiest.

The hiring process at Cenovus takes an average of 30.43 days when considering 79 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Senior Reliability Engineer had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Safety Adviosr roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 340 days).

Common stages of the interview process at Cenovus according to 79 Glassdoor interviews include:

Group Panel Interview: 26.17%

Phone Interview: 14.95%

One-on-One Interview: 11.21%

Presentation: 11.21%

Skills Test: 9.35%

Background Check: 7.48%

IQ Intelligence Test: 7.48%

Drugs Test: 6.54%

Other: 3.74%

Personality Test: 1.87%

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Feel free to post any interview questions you might be asked and I’ll help you compose an effective response :)

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Josh Strutt

Interested to know what the different types of renumeration packages are out there, along with salary: E.g., base salary + - Retirement/super contribution - # weeks leave / paid time off - # sick days - $$ signing bonus - $$ commission/ performance incentives based on perf. - $$ LTI's Be interesting to know what gets offered for those looking to negotiate packages

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Mariano Pala

A few jobs applications I applied have been sitting for more than 2 months as active status. I even message some of the hiring managers that interviewed me. What is that even mean at this point?

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Anyone here interviewed for a designer or any other role at PwC? I just got a self recording video interview request and wanted to understand the process and difficulty level of the questions. Thanks!

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