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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 other source. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Caterpillar
Interview
One behavioral interview. Asks the typical project and teamwork questions. Will ask about safety, prepare to talk the importance and safety or a time you had to push safety procedures.
I applied through college or university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Caterpillar (Tiruvallūr) in Aug 2023
Interview
3 Rounds, First is written, second is GD and third round is case study and interview based on case study.
Written covered all production related concepts including lean, industrial engineering.
GD was on random topics and regular preparation is enough to clear it.
Case study was on 3 topics, Industrial engineering, Manufacturing and Instrumentation control. We can choose any 2 topics to answer and interview was majorly on the answer given for the questions in case study
I applied online. The process took 6 months. I interviewed at Caterpillar in Mar 2023
Interview
It was fun experience. It devided into three parts, first part was group discussion. Second part was a presentation based the topic they sent you and the third part was technical questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What make you think you are a good candidate for graduate design engineer role?