I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Unilever (Rotterdam) in Sep 2015
Interview
Marketing Internship in the European HQ in the Netherlands. I applied through their online platform and 1 week later got an invite to an online interview where I had to pre-record my answers (like skype but without anyone at the other end). This is a pre-screen done by HR, the hiring manager does not actually see it.
A few days later got a call from the recruiter with some feedback and inviting me to an actual skype interview with the hiring manager). Interview was quite informal, hiring manager was friendly and gave good feedback even at the end of the interview.
Total time from application to offer was only 20 days. However most internships in the HQ go through a programme called UIIP for which the timings might be longer as there are only 2 intakes (September & March)
Questions are mostly behaviour based (research the Unilever Standards of Leadership for more info). Make sure to answer giving very concrete examples of situations you have solved and using the STAR structure (situation, task, action, results). Of course many of the examples you'll have were not your own merit, but try to frame them in a way that you show your personal contribution, not just what the team achieved. Also make sure to have convincing reasons why you want to work at Unilever and why not at some other competitors (P&G, Nestle...).
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
What would your boss / friends / family say are your best and worse attributes?
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Unilever (Rotterdam)
Interview
It was very nice. Took one hour and half. Didn't get the offer but got a second interview instead. The process consisted of classic behavioral questions and a report on the case they give. You beforehand.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Unilever in Nov 2015
Interview
1st interview with HR, then directly with the hiring managers.
The first part consisted mostly from the usual questions related to your CV, personality and motivation:
1. Tell me about yourself
2. Walk me through your resume
3. Why marketing
4. What where my responsibilities in my previous job/ what I liked more about a former internship I did
5. How do I deal with strict time constraints
6. Why do you want to work for Unilever
7. Why have you chosen to apply for this position
8. Tell me about a time you had to organise sth
9. What are your strengths/weaknesses
10. Biggest achievement/biggest failure
The second part consisted of questions related to the category and the brand I was applying for.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Unilever (Paris) in Nov 2015
Interview
One phone call and two brand managers interview. General description of your experience and then questions on potential marketing campaign knowledge and opinions. Then some questions about the brand of the position (target and value proposition)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
General description. Then, what's your favourite brand and why? Give some marketing campaign examples? Why are they effective and why they are not? Why Unilever? What would like to do in the next 5 years?