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Updated 21 Mar 2024
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Anonymous Interview Candidate
I interviewed at Timken
It was a pretty standard tell me about yourself into behavioral questions. The interview was conducted with 2 employees, and they mainly had a list of questions to get through but also gave me time to talk about myself.
- Describe one situation where you held differing opinions with your teammates and how you resolved it.
Anonymous Employee
I interviewed at Timken
Over the phone interview. Super easy going interview. Really detailed in the process of the job and everything that you should expect to see hour wise. Helped walk me through the next steps of the process.
- Asked me about my experience
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Anonymous Interview Candidate
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Timken in Dec 2023
Detailed and engaging process. Lots of information about the plant and the state of the business. Highly engaging interview team with lots of enthusiasm for the future of the organization
- What is your leadership style
Anonymous Employee in North Canton, OH
I interviewed at Timken (North Canton, OH)
1: Phone interview with HR consisting of mainly general questions to gage the type of person you are and your work ethic. 2: Zoom Interview with hiring/management team. If they like you then you get call with the offer,
- How do you organize which responsibilities you tackle first?
Anonymous Interview Candidate
The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Timken
They had me upload a resume, after-which they administered an online prescreening letting me know immediately I was not what they were considering, but to feel free to look at their other opportunities.
- None for this role; prescreened out.
Anonymous Interview Candidate in Bengaluru
I applied online. I interviewed at Timken (Bengaluru) in Apr 2023
there are 3 rounds 1. assessment test 2. technical interview 3. another round of technical interview Technical is all based on mechanical core subjects like SOM, DOM ,KOM , designs of machines, thermodynamics The recruiters are friendly and chill .
- tell me about your self
Anonymous Interview Candidate
I interviewed at Timken
It was not too serious. The company seemed to be in a rush to hire. The main red flag was that the interviewer mentioned that most people working at the firm are older and have worked there for long.
- My strengths, why I chose my major
Anonymous Interview Candidate in Bengaluru
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Timken (Bengaluru) in Feb 2023
Two Dept Hod took the interview and later their Head had a discussion with me, In depth questions on basics of mechanical engineering, fits tolerances, explanation with figures, I have gone for Mech design Engineer
- Mechanical basic tolerances. For Every answers they were asking why, why, and why
Anonymous Interview Candidate
I applied in-person. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Timken in Feb 2023
The first interview was right after speaking with them at a career fair, and not long after I was invited to a second 5-hr long virtual interview process which included a presentation.
- Tell me about a time you... had to learn something difficult, lead a team, etc. Mostly behavioral questions.
Anonymous Interview Candidate in North Canton, OH
I applied through university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Timken (North Canton, OH) in Feb 2023
Very straightforward questions answering using BAR method (background, analysis, results). This interview was held on zoom with an HR rep and a manager. They introduced themselves and then went straight into questions. Time at the end for me to ask questions as well.
- What was a time you had a problem and what were steps you took to overcome this problem.
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Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Timken as 74.1% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.85 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Graduate Trainee (Bcom) and Senior Engineer rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Dot NET Developer and Analyst roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at Timken takes an average of 15.5 days when considering 27 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Software Engineer had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas HR Manager roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 35 days).
Common stages of the interview process at Timken according to 27 Glassdoor interviews include:
One-on-One Interview: 17.46%
Group Panel Interview: 17.46%
Phone Interview: 15.87%
Presentation: 12.70%
Drugs test: 9.52%
Skills Test: 6.35%
Other: 6.35%
IQ Intelligence Test: 6.35%
Personality Test: 4.76%
Background check: 3.17%
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