Interviewing at P&G - Behavioral/Competency Based Interviews

The questions you will be asked by P&G interviewers are likely to be different from those asked by most other companies, especially the local companies. The reason for this is simple – P&G considers behavioral interviewing to be a valid predictor of a candidate’s potential for job success.
Behavioral interviewing is basically an interview designed to obtain information from you about your relevant past behavior and performance – information that will tell the interviewer how you will perform on the job. The principle behind the technique is that past behavior predicts future behavior. During a behavioral interview, you will be asked a series of standardized questions. For each answer, you’ll be expected to describe examples of behaviors, which our interviewers will use to assess your proficiency in each of the Success Driver areas described above.

Sample questions are as follows: 

• Tell me about a time when you set a goal and weren’t able to meet or achieve it. 

• Give me an example of when you showed initiative and took the lead.

• Tell me about a time you were able to successfully deal with another person even when that individual may not have personally liked you (or vice versa). 

• Give me an example of a time when you used your expertise to solve a problem. 

Learning to prepare for P&G interviews will also help you prepare for other multinationals, such as British American Tobacco's Interview.

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How playing this game can help you succeed in job assessment centers!

Power Brands by Reckitt Benckiser

Making a good CV, finding a job opening and applying for it, passing the initial interview is no doubt a major part of the job hunting process. But for most Multinational Companies (MNCs), an important step of the hiring process is the assessment center. Pakistan Tobacco Company, Unilever and many other companies make applicants go through this step before they shortlist for the final interviews, sometimes even for internships, like Descon Integrated Projects.

Typically the assessment center involves group exercises where you are given the challenge of playing the role an employee of the company and you are tasked with real life problems that an employee of the company could typically face. You have to demonstrate your superior soft skills, such as leadership, management, communication and/or analytical skills. Or the challenge may be solo tasks such as Pakistan Tobacco Company's assessment center where you must use your analytical skills in a very short period of time and then using your communication skills present the solution to the case study in a very effective manner.

We will discuss more about assessment centers soon, but for now coming back to this particular subject, how can playing a game help you succeed in such assessment centers? See for yourself. The above game, PowerBrands made by Reckitt Benckiser, one of the top Fast Moving Consumer Goods Company (FMCG) of the world, is one of the best ways to experience how a typical day in an FMCG could be like. Playing this game is not only fun but will polish your skills and give you exposure about life in FMCGs. Although, the game is not entirely designed for engineers, but we all can definitely learn a lot from it, since the tasks in assessment centers are often generic and test your soft skills. In PowderBrands, you will face different challenges and come up with solutions. The more efficient you are, the fasted you will be promoted and get better offices!

The game is available on facebook for free and you can play by clicking on this link or by searching powerbrands on facebook. 

Happy learning while gaming ! 

Unilever Sustainable Living Young Entrepreneurs Awards 2014 - Application Deadline 1st August

"Building on the success of the 2013 Awards, Unilever is once again inviting young people to come up with practical and innovative solutions to some of the world’s biggest sustainability challenges and enter them in the Unilever Sustainable Living Young Entrepreneurs Awards. 

Open to anyone aged 30 or under, Unilever is looking for scalable and sustainable products, services or applications that reduce environmental impacts, improve health and well-being or enhance livelihoods through changes in practices or behaviours.

The Awards, run in partnership with the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), and in collaboration with Ashoka, offer seven young people a total of more than €200,000 in financial support and individually tailored mentoring. The overall winner also receives the prestigious HRH The Prince of Wales Young Sustainability Entrepreneur Prize.

All seven finalists take part in an online development programme and then participate in a two-day accelerator workshop at Cambridge University, UK, where expert help and professional guidance is provided to help them develop their ideas" 

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