I applied online. I interviewed at PepsiCo (Reading, Inglaterra) in Oct 2019
Interview
The experience with the hiring manager was great. I had a good interview experience , he was well prepared and asked really good questions. The downside was on the HR side, on the first phone conversation mentioned a salary range higher that the offer at the second stage of the interview.
Super friendly HRs, pleasant telephone interview with very little questions (my CV and profile was clear to them from the start). I have applied for the BM position without actual jbm experience, but had a similar background. Interview with the hiring manager went not so smooth, i had a feeling that there were personal bias due to the nationality, or my background involved in the process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Case study: 90 minutes time to prepare for an extremely generic and nothing to do with marketing case. In instructions NOTHING tells you about the real aim of this case study: to check how good you read between the lines and detect escalations within the written communications. I found it misleading, disappointing and maybe even unethical, since the task did not reflect the aim of the exercise.
Further questions were rather direct and even aggressive: "What is your management style", or statements like: "Your previous employer has a terrible reputation".
After the interview I was very much doubting my if I should consider PepsiCo as an employer at all.