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).
It was pretty good but not the best. They asked me a lot of questions during the interview but it was mostly behavioral. I had one interview on campus and then I got an offer
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Caterpillar (Mossville, IL) in Apr 2023
Interview
I don't recall how many rounds of interviews there were, but I do remember that I was only behavioral questions and was encouraged to answer using the STAR (situation, task, action, result) format.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They picked out a bullet point from my resume and asked me a couple follow up questions about it. Be prepared to answer questions about anything on your resume.
I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Caterpillar (Irving, TX) in Oct 2025
Interview
2 rounds- one informal the other a panel and its all behavioral. asked similar questions to the intern interview, doesnt ask finance questions, asks abt customers which i didnt rly know