Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Caterpillar as 100% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Praktikant and Service Maintenance Engineer rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Praktikant and Service Maintenance Engineer roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at Caterpillar takes an average of 59 days when considering 2 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Service Maintenance Engineer had the quickest hiring process (on average 59 days), whereas Service Maintenance Engineer roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 59 days).
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Caterpillar (Houston, TX) in Nov 2024
Interview
I was reached out to interview after attending a conference. I interviewed late November and received an offer early January. I have been with the company for about a year now. This interview was pretty quick and easy, STAR method is heavily encouraged.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time you have used safety in work place.
After all the interviews, the recruiter kept ghosting me, after two weeks of no reply I sent one final email. They replied and told me they moved on with a internal applicant
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What was a time where you had to solve a problem you had never solved before>?
I applied online. I interviewed at Caterpillar (Desford, England) in Mar 2024
Interview
The process starts with Video interview with questions about yourself and then live assessment centre. The live Assessment centre was more in-depth talking about your general working experience using STAR method.