I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at BASF in Oct 2019
Interview
I applied for the Finance and Accounting Professional Development Program for the summer of 2020. They interview process overall went fast once they finally emailed me back. I think it was an email Thursday, a HireVue within the next few days, then they call me to set up a Skype interview on Tuesday of the next week. The HireVue mainly focused on questions about what I knew about BASF. I think I would have done exponentially better had I looked up random facts and history about BASF for 30 minutes before the interview, but instead I relied on what my engineering friends had told me about it. The Skype interview had one HR person and one Accoutant. They were both nice, but not super responsive at all. They said that interview was the final round which I found very unfortunate since I really enjoy getting to know more about a company from the interview process. I learned nothing from the HireVue and did not get many details from the two interviewers. I would ask them what kind of projects I would do and get a vague, "Oh it really just depends." I know that BASF is a good company, but I definitely think their interviewing process could be a lot better. It felt rushed and very impersonal for me. Also, I have not formally been rejected, but as it is over a month and I have not heard from them, I am assuming it is a no. I could email them about it to make sure, but is it even worth it?
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
What kinds of research have you done about BASF? Why would you want to work here? What interests you about BASF? Tell us what you think we do.
Tell us about a time you (pick one: worked with a group, worked on a project by yourself, etc.) and had to get something done with a strict deadline. They asked a lot of basic behavioral questions, but specifically seemed obsessed with time restraints and deadlines.
The interview process was very smooth. Everyone I interacted with was very friendly and helpful; they offered to answer any additional questions I had, which I took advantage of on a later call with one of the interviewers.
I had gone though one interview, directly with the hiring manager over the phone. There was no other interviews with other managers. The questions were It was to the point with reasonable questions and expectations
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Question 1
Do you have previous experience in the specifi tasks requirements?
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at BASF (Manglaur) in Mar 2025
Interview
One round of basic supply chain questions also includes analytics questions and approaches and some case-based questions. and one HR round about accommodation and salary discussion; it also involve one telephonic round, which helps set the floor
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Question 1
Inventory optimization and techniques to improve it
