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      Senior Design Engineer Interview

      3 Jun 2015
      Anonymous employee
      Peoria, IL
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Caterpillar (Peoria, IL) in Nov 2011

      Interview

      At the beginning, the team lead will interview the candidate in their area by using phone screening (technical questions in very details). If you passed, Then three engineers or managers provide target selection interview. Questions are varied with positions that you are applying. After interview, three people will meet together to grade the candidate in Communication, Creative, Team work, Leadership. Results will be hold for 2 years. The team manager will look at the interview results and make the final decision.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Could you give me an example about how did you resolve a conflict between you and others?
      Answer question

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      Senior Design Engineer Interview

      8 Dec 2015
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Athens, GA
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Caterpillar (Athens, GA) in Oct 2015

      Interview

      Before the interview was given a tour of the facility. Manager briefed about the position before other interviewers joined in. All behavioral type questions. Was a panel interview of 3 including the hiring manager. Questions based on leadership, quality, creativity, technical, etc.

      Interview questions [2]

      Question 1

      Give me an example of good decision you made recently.
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      Question 2

      Describe an example of taking initiative to do something that needed to be done, even when it was not your responsibility.
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      Senior Engineer-Design Interview

      3 Nov 2016
      Anonymous employee
      Peoria, IL
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Caterpillar (Peoria, IL) in Sept 2015

      Interview

      Targeted Selection Interview....3 one hour behavior based interviews. The managers were cordial and made me feel relaxed. Expectations from the position were made clear. The overall interview process was smooth. No Technical questions were posed.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Described a situation where you failed to deliver what you promised and what did you do
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      Senior Design Engineer Interview

      12 Feb 2017
      Anonymous employee
      Mossville, IL
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Caterpillar (Mossville, IL) in Aug 2015

      Interview

      Five interviews back to back on same day 3 one hour interviews with three different managers all 3 were 1 to 1 and an hour long each. Two 30 minutes interview with 2 different team leads. With managers all were behavioral questions and they were accepting me to answer in STAR. Situation - background Task or Target - specifics of what's required Action - what you did, skills used Result - what happened?

      Interview questions [5]

      Question 1

      Describe a decision you made that wasn't popular and how you handled implementing it.
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      Question 2

      Give an example of how you worked on a team.
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      Question 3

      Have you handled a difficult situation? How?
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      Question 4

      How do you handle a challenge? Give an example.
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      Question 5

      What Jana API's you have used?
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