Mars interview questions

Interview with 5 different people from different areas. Questions based on leadership behaviors, little technical questions were asked, they want to know if you have the personality to work there. Experience and knowledge come second.

My initial contact with Wrigley was through a recruiting/staffing agency. The agency, like other similar agencies, screened me for qualifications (education, degrees, experience, etc). Once it was determined that I was a great fit for the position at Wrigley, a phone interview was quickly set up for later in the week. My phone interview was with the Director of Engineering & Continuous Improvement. The phone interview centered around my educational background, my previous experience, skill sets, reason for looking for employment, and my overall interest in working for Wrigley. I found the dialogue to be very natural, candid, detailed oriented, informative, but, overall, relatively low stress (I am an extrovert, so what was low stress for me could be perceived as stressful for others, depending on how comfortable one is with conveying one’s strengths and skill sets over the phone). At the conclusion of the phone interview, I asked if the interviewer had any other questions, and, if not, what the next steps were. I received immediate feedback that they would like me to travel for an on-site interview. My on-site interview was the following week. I interviewed with approximately 8-10 people (2 at a time) from various functions. The overall on-site interview process was somewhat stressful because of the mixture of questions that were asked. Some questions seemed to center around one’s own agenda (they really didn’t relate to the role, and focused more around what the interviewer did in his/her role, so these questions were a bit puzzling), some focused more on behavioral type questions, and some questions were very role specific. It was a bit exhausting because each session ran into the next one, so I got very little time between interviewers to “regroup”. At the end of the interview day, I met with the hiring manager for a “close-out” meeting. I expressed interest in this position and asked what the next steps were. Their response was direct, and they stated I would know in a few days. I was contacted by my recruiting agent a couple of days later (2 to be exact) and was told an offer had been extended. At this point in time, I had a couple of other potential offers on the table and stated I needed 1-2 weeks to communicate a decision—Wrigley accepted that timeframe.