Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Johnson Controls as 50% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Communications Specialist and Intern rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Communications Specialist and Intern roles were rated as the easiest.
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I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Johnson Controls (Milwaukee, WI) in Jun 2015
Interview
JCI uses internal recruiters to avoid the cost of external resources. They will both post the position on job boards and search LinkedIn (LI). Using LI they will send potential candidates an invitation inmail to contact them if interested. The first screen is a phone screen with the front line HR person. Next moves you to a senior level HR person for validation which determines if you make it to the face to face stage in the process. Once to there offices it is a full day of 6 to 7 people having indiviudal meeting with you lasting approximately 1 hr. At one time they did use external testing, but have eliminated that from the process over the last year or two. In my case there was a second invite to visit and spend time with 3 people who where more senior than the initatial group. Follow up is an offer which entails basic drug screening, etc...
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Question 1
In my case it was a combination of behavior based and conversational styles. From a behavioral stand point: Give example of a situation you had a problem with a staff member and how did you resolve it?
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Johnson Controls in Aug 2015
Interview
First round was tool test on CATIA that was very easy and second round was technical interview they never ask about your projects they ask basic engineering question like force momentum etc
I applied in-person. I interviewed at Johnson Controls (Milwaukee, WI) in Jun 2012
Interview
There was a panel of 4 people who had half hour interview individually. All the interview questions were the same, this seemed odd since they did not all work in the same area.