It was good. First they asked me about my introduction and what i like to do and then the technical questions started.
The interview was of about 30 mins.
They were very casual so that you won't feel pressure of nervousness.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Reckitt (Hull, England) in Dec 2018
Interview
Easy online application. Then I was contacted by a recruitment agency and had a brief interview with someone over skype. They responded quite quickly to let me know I was through to the assessment centre.
The AC included group exercises, individual exercises and a competency based interview. I really enjoyed most of the exercises, however it was annoying that the staff members conducting the individual exercises behaved so differently. Some people had very difficult experiences whilst others had very easy experiences. I had one woman finish the exercise with me 30 minutes early and just chat with me about things, and then my feedback said "I didn't ask everything I could have in the exercise".. but errrm she was the one who cut it short?! The competency interview seemed really unnecessarily difficult. They asked a lot of hard questions and would follow up with about ten sub-questions if they felt you hadn't answered well enough. They also pulled facial expressions as if what you were saying was completely ridiculous while you were speaking. This made it very stressful and hard to relax. It was definitely the hardest competency interview I've had, as questions were quite convoluted like "describe a time you did a group project with a difficult team member where you had to come up with a creative approach to solve the problem" - so there were about three different parts to address always. I was called the next day by the recruitment agency and rejected in quite a blunt way.
I applied through college or university. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Reckitt (Parsippany, NJ) in Jan 2019
Interview
Took an online assessment on math/analytical skills. Passed that, then went on to a phone interview a month later. Got invited to their Graduate Assessment Day in New Jersey where it had a group case interview, an individual case interview that was written, another group case interview and an individual interview. All the case interviews were supervised by the panel of senior leadership. It was very tiring. Even in the introduction to the company, this very off-putting HR woman went on a spiel about how many people failed at RB and how a lot of people aren't successful. Ultimately didn't get the role because of a question of passion for the CPG industry, so make sure you show you're passionate about the industry as a whole, not just RB. Overall it didn't seem like a pleasant place to work to be honest, and pales in comparison to other Grad Assessment days, which actually try to sell you on the company a little. The staff seemed very mean, cold, and problematic and coupled the bad reviews I saw on Glassdoor.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time where you had to do the right thing