I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at PepsiCo (York, PA) in Oct 2013
Interview
I spoke with an employee at a campus career fair and got an email the next day to have an on campus interview. The interview was very relaxed and not intimidating. It was more of a conversation and most of the questions were resume and behavioral. I got an email a few days after inviting me to the regional interview day in York, Pa. The event was fun and we got to tour the plant and meet more people at a dinner event. There were a series of two interviews which were also behavioral and resume based. Fun group of people but you have to make sure you are suited for a manufacturing type job and are prepared to spend time inside the plant.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
As an engineering major, why would you prefer to have a leadership type job at Frito Lay as opposed to a more "engineering" job?
I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at PepsiCo (Phoenix, AZ) in Apr 2012
Interview
The position was for a summer internship at a Gatorade bottling facility. I initially met the recruiter at a university career fair. The first interview was scheduled for the next day on campus. It lasted 30 minutes and was with two recruiters. All questions were behavior based. I was contacted via email in about a week to offer me a second interview that would be later that week. The second interview was broken into three parts. The first part was a presentation style interview. It was with the 'Leadership Team' which consisted of seven people higher up in the company with various positions. Also present were two other job candidates that had to present after me. This was the first time I had to interview with so many people and it was a little awkward having people competing for the same position watching me. I was not told this was part of the interview process, but in all fairness, I did not ask. I was told what topics I should focus on while introducing myself. My resume was projected onto a screen behind me and I was asked to describe myself and why I thought I would be a good fit for the position. The leadership team then asked me questions stemming from my presentation. I then sat through the presentations of the other two candidates. This portion lasted approximately one hour. The second part was a sit down interview with just myself and two Pepsi employees. All questions were behavior based. This portion lasted 30 minutes. The third part was a tour of the bottling facility where we had the opportunity to see the plant in action and ask questions. In all, I was on site for about five hours. I was emailed in about two weeks to let me know that I had not been selected for the position.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
When has there been a process change you've been involved with and how did you deal with it?
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at PepsiCo
Interview
I was interviewing for the operations side of the development program and they asked basic behavior questions and a few "what would you do" situations. My first round was on campus and it was pretty much the same as the final round (behavioural/what would you do). At the final round interview all candidates were flown to a conference center and that night there was a mixer and some food. There was also a panel of the current development program participants. The next day I had two interviews.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What would you do if an operator did not come during the busiest hour. What would you do if product was going to spoil due to temperature and the bottling process wasn't scheduled until the next day. These weren't hard but just unexpected.