Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Dow as 88.9% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.89 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for CDP and Run Plant Engineer rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Run Plant Engineer and Ingénieur roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at Dow takes an average of 36 days when considering 9 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Ingénieur de production had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Stagiaire R&D roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 120 days).
There were only two rounds for me, HR screening and behavioral. Questions were not out of the ordinary. Be prepared to answer questions related to your resume. Overall a great experience.
PhD interview will have a 10-minute summary on PhD research and Q&A +5 mins. with questions touching the presentation of your PhD summary. You can typically make it if you have strong match with the role. My interview was for the ADISE internship.
I applied online. I interviewed at Dow (Collegeville, PA) in Mar 2026
Interview
I interviewed for a summer internship position as a junior chemical engineering student. The interview was 2.5 hours long with 30-minute chats with 4 different people. The questions were straightforward and the interviewers were engaged in conversation throughout.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Technical question about what would have to be considered when scaling up from an in-lab experiment to a supply chain.