I applied in-person. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at 3M in Dec 2009
Interview
I had been working for the company for almost 3 years and recently graduated college. One of the cluster managers where I work had a position open for a contract lab technician position and asked me if I would be interested in interviewing for the position. I told him that I would like to hear more about the position and future opportunities resulting from a position like this one. Though the position was a lower grade position than I was qualified for, I took the interview mostly for information gathering, and hearing about a possible option for me.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Have you ever had to deal with a disagreement within a cross functional team, and how did you deal with it?
The process took 1 day. I interviewed at 3M (Maplewood, MN) in Oct 2009
Interview
The on campus interviewer was very nice. Unfortunately, the process of getting into the door at the company (aka an on site visit) is not transparent at all. Rather than simply submitting my resume one time, I have to continuously apply to positions within the company. After the resume as been submitted to a black hole, 3 weeks later, I receive a rejection letter (like clockwork). I have yet to be contacted since my first interview. This strategy does not appear to be good for the company because they will miss out on some great candidates. Other companies that I have interviewed with have taken my resume and passed it around to the groups that they thought I would be a good fit. From there, the groups have contacted me. This approach prevents underquilfied individuals from applying to positions and provides hiring managers an additional opportunity to find people that may not have noticed the advertisement for the position the he/she has open.
It is sad to see such an innovative company lose out on great candidates. I am not the only person bothered by this hiring approach. Please for the sake of your shareholders, improve your hiring practices.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at 3M (Bracknell, England) in Jan 2010
Interview
Two face to face interview with two IT managers, not an interview where you are grilled about what you know but rather they want to find out about you and visa versa. Sound like an interesting place to work with some great facilities open to people that do work there i.e. gym, football pitch, squash courts
Other aspects of the interview includes a group excerise four of us had a problem, we had to come to a conclusion and then present our answers to the four people watching us and there was also a tour of the facilities.