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Top Procter & Gamble Sales & Marketing Interview Questions and Answers
- Q1. How do you manage to finish tasks much ahead of planned deadlines?
- Q2. How would you meet sales target in the last 5 days of a month?
- Q3. What is unique in our company's marketing strategy compared to peers?
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I applied via campus placement at Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Lucknow
3 Interview Rounds
Case Study Round
Quickly run me through your CV.
Tell me about a time when you were able to step into a group, take charge, get support, and bring about excellent results.
a, What information did you seek out to make those decisions in this project?
b, Did you receive any feedback or provide any feedback to the team members during the project?
Can you think about a time when you thought there could be a better way of doing things and you thought of an improvement to an existing idea or process that made it significantly better?
Give me an example of a time when you changed the direction of a project that resulted in a reduction of time or costs.
Give me an example of a situation where you had to overcome major obstacles to make something important happen.
What were the kind of results you were able to deliver?
Tell me about a time when you were able to develop and maintain productive relationships while working with others even though you may have had different points of view.
You have found a way to improve an important and difficult procedure that has been in place for many years in the organization. You would want to share this change which will improve the procedure but you sense that others will oppose this improvement. How would you deal with this situation?
Case Study Round
Tell me about a time when you had to suddenly implement a change so as to get better results for the project.
Why did you follow this approach?
Tell me about a time when you had some conflicts in the workplace and how did you go about diffusing the situation?
Did you not have guidelines from HR? Did you follow those?
Give me an example of a time when you had to work on something new an innovative. How did you manage to perform in the situation?
What were the risks involved in your approach?
Tell me about a time when midway through the project, you had to go through a change in project objectives. How did you go about dealing with this change?
Give me an example of a time when during an assignment you had to go through a change in roles and responsibilities.
How will you go about achieving results for 4 separate projects due at different timelines – 1 is due tomorrow, 1 is due next week, 1 is due in 1 month and 1 is due in 1 year?
1. Do you perceive any setbacks in this situation which may deter you at all?
2 .How would you ensure a positive outcome to the situation?
You are working on a deliverable which is due in 1 week but suddenly your manager says that the deliverable needs to be ready by day after tomorrow. How do you go about in this situation.
HR Round (1 Question)
- Q1. Why does P&G use a behavioral and HR based interview system in its recruiting process? Add Answer
Interview Preparation Tips
2. Also, across the 3 interview rounds, you will notice questions being repeated - it is completely alright to share the same instance/story across interview rounds. The main motive behind doing this is to judge for consistency.
3.Since P&G mostly focuses on behavioral aspects, you only need to prepare for the HR questions. The HR question bank floats should be good enough.
4. Interactions with seniors.
5.Internet.
I applied via campus placement at Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Lucknow
3 Interview Rounds
Other Round (1 Question)
- Q1. Introduced herself. Now, tell me something about yourself. View Answers (1)
Other Round (1 Question)
- Q1. Asked mainly from CV. Asked similar questions as round 1. Asked about ad campaigns, favorite brand and campaign, why is it your favorite, competitor brand and c...read more Add Answer
HR Round (1 Question)
- Q1. Asked about my family background, my hobbies, favourite brand and campaign, my role model, qualities of a leader, some questions from CV and some HR questions. Add Answer
Interview Preparation Tips
2. Don’t sound monotonous. Be confident.
3. Try to answer in form of a story and don’t let your answers sound mugged up.
4. Interactions with seniors, Mock GDs/PIs.
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I applied via campus placement at Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Lucknow
2 Interview Rounds
One-on-one Round (6 Questions)
- Q1. Tell me something about yourself. View Answers (3)
- Q2. Any situation where you resolved the conflict? View Answers (1)
- Q3. Give an example of how you have handled a challenge in the workplace before. Add Answer
- Q4. Give an example of when you performed well under pressure. Add Answer
- Q5. Tell about the most significant achievement of your life? Add Answer
- Q6. Describe a time when something didn't work out as you had planned. What did you do and what did you learn from it? Add Answer
One-on-one Round (3 Questions)
- Q1. Tell me something about yourself. Add Answer
- Q2. Why do you think you have been selected for the second round? Add Answer
- Q3. Share a situation where you use your numbers skill to outperform your colleagues? Add Answer
Interview Preparation Tips
✓ Perform extensive HR preparation
✓ Prepare for previous year's interview questions and P&G HR questions.
✓ For company info go through - Prismags, MOM and Company website.
✓ Ensure you have all the important examples and instances from your past (college, work-ex, extra-curricular).
✓ CV and HR questions are extremely important. Repeated questions are asked to check for consistency. Ensure you have well-structured and thought out answers.
✓ Be unique and be yourself. Answer with a smile.
✓ Discussion with seniors will help.
✓ You should just know the basic terms.
I applied via campus placement at Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Lucknow
3 Interview Rounds
One-on-one Round (10 Questions)
- Q1. What are your 3 key achievements? Add Answer
- Q2. Share your work experience. View Answers (1)
- Q3. Give an example of how you have handled a challenge in the workplace before. Add Answer
- Q4. How do you manage to finish tasks much ahead of planned deadlines? View Answers (5)
- Q5. How do you go about achieving sales targets? View Answers (1)
- Q6. What was your contribution to your last project, how did you increase sales, and how did you reach this No. (15% increase in sales)? Add Answer
- Q7. How would you meet sales target in the last 5 days of a month? View Answers (3)
- Q8. How do you go about appointing new dealers? View Answers (1)
- Q9. Give me an example of a time when you showed initiate, share sample. View Answers (2)
- Q10. How to reach rural markets/ increase penetration in rural markets View Answers (1)
One-on-one Round (3 Questions)
- Q1. What should I know that is not on your resume? Add Answer
- Q2. What do you know about P&G? Add Answer
- Q3. What is unique in our company's marketing strategy compared to peers? View Answers (1)
HR Round (1 Question)
- Q1. Share 3 key events in your life. Add Answer
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I applied via campus placement at Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Lucknow
2 Interview Rounds
Group Discussion Round
Tell me something about yourself.
Share an instance when you lead a team and achieved something significant.
Why are you interested in Marketing?
Share an instance when you did something beyond the required task and achieved something significant.
Suppose You have found a way to improve an age-old process in the firm others (peers) are opposed to the idea. What would you do? How would you go about it? Roles - Finance Manager, Sales Head, Operation Incharge, etc.
HR Round (4 Questions)
- Q1. Tell me something about yourself. Add Answer
- Q2. Why are you interested in Marketing? Add Answer
- Q3. Share an instance when you faced a conflicting situation in a team and how you resolved it? Add Answer
- Q4. Share an instance when you had a very tight deadline. What did you do? How did you go about it? Add Answer
I applied via campus placement at Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Lucknow
3 Interview Rounds
Assignment Round
Psychometric Test
One-on-one Round (5 Questions)
- Q1. Describe a time when you resolved a conflict among team members? Add Answer
- Q2. Share a time when you worked with data. View Answers (1)
- Q3. Describe a situation when you wanted to take a different approach than your manager Add Answer
- Q4. Describe a time when you were asked to stop working on the project you have been working on for months and switch on to a new project. How did you go about it? Add Answer
- Q5. What will you do if your manager asks you to deliver a project way ahead of its deadline? Add Answer
HR Round (2 Questions)
- Q1. Tell me something about yourself. Add Answer
- Q2. Why should we hire you? Add Answer
I applied via campus placement at Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Lucknow
2 Interview Rounds
One-on-one Round (5 Questions)
- Q1. Tell us something about yourself Add Answer
- Q2. Tell us something about your family? Add Answer
- Q3. Share an instance where you had to convince your seniors. Add Answer
- Q4. Give an instance where you came up with an innovative idea to solve a problem Add Answer
- Q5. What do you think has been your most significant achievement? Add Answer
One-on-one Round (3 Questions)
- Q1. Tell me something about yourself that is not on your CV Add Answer
- Q2. What do you know about P&G? Add Answer
- Q3. What is unique in our company's marketing strategy compared to peers? View Answers (1)
I applied via campus placement at Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Lucknow
3 Interview Rounds
HR Round (2 Questions)
- Q1. Tell me something about yourself. Add Answer
- Q2. Why should we hire you? Add Answer
HR Round (1 Question)
- Q1. Where do you see yourself in 5 years? Add Answer
Panel interview Round (2 Questions)
- Q1. Non-verbal communication skills (body language). Add Answer
- Q2. How did you do a particular task in general and, share how could you have done better? Add Answer
I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Jun 2021.
3 Interview Rounds
Resume Shortlist Round
Group Discussion Round
One-on-one Round (2 Questions)
- Q1. Keep it simple, they look for personalities that fit in the org. Add Answer
- Q2. Many situational questions to see what your approach would be. Add Answer
Interview Preparation Tips
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I applied via campus placement at Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Lucknow
3 Interview Rounds
Other Round (1 Question)
- Q1. Company Interactions were only based in the form of PPTs which was an insightful and interactive session. Add Answer
Case Study Round
Group size : Around 10
A one pager case let was given to everyone to be read and understood in 5 minutes.
Case was based on a FMCG company selling toothbrush and toothpaste as their flagship products. Their sales were declining and other competitors were gaining hands. A strategy to improve their sales was to be devised.
Discussion time :10minutes which is less for a case discussion with 10 people in the group.
Panel Size :2
Other Round (1 Question)
- Q1. Panel Size : 2 Duration : 25-35 minute Questions revolved around these topics : • Tell me about yourself • Why Marketing • What do you know about Colgate Palmol...read more Add Answer
Interview Preparation Tips
2. Kotler, Cases done with seniors and amongst friends, Reading through current affairs, Ad analysis over the internet.
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