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).
Phone Interview. Simple behavioral questions. They want to know specific details as to how you take on or have responded to situations. I think that the thought process and ability to think on your feet is a big emphasis point.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a time you faced a challenge and how did you overcome it.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Caterpillar (Champaign, IL) in May 2012
Interview
There are only behavioral questions in the interview. When have you gone beyond the call of duty? Tell me a time when you were a leader? Tell me about a time where you had somebody difficult to work with in a group and how did you handle the situation? Pretty basic/expected stuff. Having hands on experience and or design experience would definitely help to get this internship.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They are all behavior based. If you look up behavioral questions online you should be fine as long as you prepare.