Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Panasonic as 83.3% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.67 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Software Test Technician and Chef De Produit rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Marketing Assistant and assistante communication roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at Panasonic takes an average of 28 days when considering 6 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for assistante communication had the quickest hiring process (on average 7 days), whereas Software Test Technician roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 60 days).
It was a phone interview. The interviewer repeatedly asks me to clear up my experiences even after I explained it to him multiple times. Not sure if I wasn't clear or what happened there. The phone interview consists of some behavioral questions and technical questions. The behavioral questions are fairly standard, but the technical questions require a lot of explanation.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Panasonic (Irvine, CA) in Feb 2015
Interview
Spoke to a recruiter, then I was asked to fill out a form with several questions about past experience for HR.
I had a phone interview with the hiring manager to review my resume and that went well.
I come in for an in person interview. It was scheduled by a coordinator who was very responsive and helpful.
I came in and was greeting promptly by the the coordinator taking me to the interview . This young woman gave me a great overview of the company as we walked to my scheduled appointments. The first person I was meeting with was an interview consultant/HR person.
She was late and not in her office. When she did arrive she was 30 minutes late then wasted my time for about 30 minutes blaming HR and the recruiters on her short coming. This woman was angry,bashing people and unpleasant, it was disturbing. I told her we attempted to call her and didn't mind that she was late.
It happens.
She asked me questions she was reading off a sheet of paper. Some were strange personality questions and some were about past employers. She was writing down my answers, and not always with what I actually answered. She was oddly hostile and argumentative in her mannerism. I asked her about the company culture and she rudely told me it wasn't her job to answer that type of question. It was unreal how poorly she was behaving and sad she was representing panasonic.
The second person I met with was wonderful. She went over what I had done in the past shared with me what they are doing moving forward. She representing the company with pride and it was very clear she is the type of manager that meets her goals.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Asked by HR/interview consultant
What do you do when someone is being difficult?
This lady responded to all my answers with "what if that doesn't work"
The nicer you are to this interview consultant the more she will try and make you look bad and bully you. I was not able to figure what she was trying to accomplish.
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Panasonic (Lake Forest, CA) in May 2015
Interview
Because I had no prior experience with their specific testing methods, it was only a behavioral interview. I met up with the recruiter at the front desk and he took me to the hiring manager. The manager described the company then asked me some questions. Then he showed me around the facility and the work rooms where his test engineers would work and explained more about what they do. Afterwards, we went back to his office and wrapped up the interview with some questions of my own.