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Colgate Palmolive Associate Scientist Interview Questions and Answers

Updated 10 Oct 2021

Colgate Palmolive Associate Scientist Interview Experiences

1 interview found

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Apr 2021. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Situational questions about how would you handle failures with examples from the past experience, how would you resolve conflicts and say no to the stakeholders if some time line is not feasible, etc.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be thorough about your current role, Colgate doesn't very well accept job hopping, they might ask questions related to frequent job changes.

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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Hard
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Not Selected
Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
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Keep your resume crisp and to the point. A recruiter looks at your resume for an average of 6 seconds, make sure to leave the best impression.
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Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. HPLC calibration
  • Q2. GC calibration & GMP, GLP practice

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Good practice for aptitude
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Don’t add your photo or details such as gender, age, and address in your resume. These details do not add any value.
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Round 2 - Aptitude Test 

It has behavioural and ability to focus rounds where behavioural have several questions repeated in different forms and answers in different categories. Choose extreme ones, it shows your confidence and clarify

Round 3 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. More about the projects
  • Q2. What were the innovative ideas you thought
  • Q3. How would you calculate impact of a project
  • Ans. 

    Calculate impact of a project by analyzing key metrics and outcomes.

    • Identify key metrics to measure impact such as revenue, cost savings, customer satisfaction, etc.

    • Quantify the baseline performance before the project and compare it to the performance after the project.

    • Use statistical analysis to determine the significance of the project's impact.

    • Consider both short-term and long-term effects of the project.

    • Seek feedba...

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Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Sep 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Some standard test and aptitude test everyone has to take before being shortlisted for itnerview

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Name github commands
  • Ans. 

    GitHub commands are used to interact with repositories on GitHub platform.

    • git clone : Clone a repository to your local machine

    • git add : Add a file to the staging area

    • git commit -m 'commit message': Commit changes to the repository

    • git push origin : Push changes to a remote repository

    • git pull origin : Pull changes from a remote repository

Answered by AI
  • Q2. DE questions like how to you deploy
  • Interview Preparation Tips

    Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - the interview was from the DE team and he asked more on automation rather than ds knowledge.

    Skills evaluated in this interview

    Interview experience
    3
    Average
    Difficulty level
    Moderate
    Process Duration
    4-6 weeks
    Result
    Not Selected

    I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed before Jun 2023. There were 4 interview rounds.

    Round 1 - Technical 

    (2 Questions)

    • Q1. Resume projects
    • Q2. Logistic regression
    Round 2 - Technical 

    (1 Question)

    • Q1. ML questions- Logistic regression derivation
    Round 3 - Case Study 

    Forecasting of products demands

    Round 4 - One-on-one 

    (1 Question)

    • Q1. ML questions and project discussion
    Interview experience
    5
    Excellent
    Difficulty level
    Hard
    Process Duration
    2-4 weeks
    Result
    Not Selected
    Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
    Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
    Properly align and format text in your resume. A recruiter will have to spend more time reading poorly aligned text, leading to high chances of rejection.
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    Round 2 - Technical 

    (2 Questions)

    • Q1. HPLC calibration
    • Q2. GC calibration & GMP, GLP practice

    Interview Preparation Tips

    Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Good practice for aptitude
    Interview experience
    4
    Good
    Difficulty level
    Moderate
    Process Duration
    2-4 weeks
    Result
    Selected Selected

    I applied via Referral and was interviewed before Jun 2023. There were 4 interview rounds.

    Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

    Data Science MCQ questions

    Round 2 - Coding Test 

    Building a baseline ML model with EDA etc.

    Round 3 - One-on-one 

    (2 Questions)

    • Q1. How do you analyse outliers?
    • Ans. 

      Outliers can be analyzed using statistical methods like Z-score, IQR, or visualization techniques like box plots.

      • Calculate Z-score and identify data points with Z-score greater than a certain threshold as outliers.

      • Use Interquartile Range (IQR) to detect outliers by identifying data points outside 1.5 * IQR range.

      • Visualize data using box plots to identify any data points that fall outside the whiskers.

      • Consider domain kn...

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    • Q2. Tell me about a time when what you found did not match expectation with what you thought analysing the dataset.
    Round 4 - One-on-one 

    (2 Questions)

    • Q1. Why Unilever now?
    • Q2. Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
    Interview experience
    5
    Excellent
    Difficulty level
    Easy
    Process Duration
    Less than 2 weeks
    Result
    Selected Selected

    I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Dec 2023. There was 1 interview round.

    Round 1 - HR 

    (1 Question)

    • Q1. Describe about yourself and why you want to join us

    Interview Preparation Tips

    Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Do prepare well and know your basics
    Interview experience
    5
    Excellent
    Difficulty level
    Moderate
    Process Duration
    More than 8 weeks
    Result
    Selected Selected

    I applied via campus placement at Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences (MCOPS), Manipal and was interviewed before Feb 2023. There was 1 interview round.

    Round 1 - Technical 

    (1 Question)

    • Q1. Principles of colorimetry, details of masters project, in depth discussion of controlled and sustained release drug delivery systems

    Colgate Palmolive Interview FAQs

    How to prepare for Colgate Palmolive Associate Scientist interview?
    Go through your CV in detail and study all the technologies mentioned in your CV. Prepare at least two technologies or languages in depth if you are appearing for a technical interview at Colgate Palmolive. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at Colgate Palmolive expect are Nutrition, Supply Chain, Operational Excellence, Pharma and FMCG.

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