General Mills Interview Questions

6 total interview insight submissions
Interview Experience (78%)

The Interview Experience is a score from 1 star (very negative) to 5 stars (very positive) generated based on the Interview Insights at this company.

The number you see in the middle of the doughnut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. If you hover over the various sections of the donut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.

The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few interview insights). Simply put, as a company gets more reviews, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to its simple average and away from the average of the entire dataset.

3.7
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Interview Difficulty (71%)

The Interview Difficulty is a score ranging from very difficult (red) to very easy (green) generated based on the Interview Insights at this company.

The number you see in the middle of the doughnut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. The higher the number, the more difficult the interviews on average. If you hover over the various sections of the doughnut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.

The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few interview insights). Simply put, as a company gets more insights, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to its simple average and away from the average of the entire data set.

2.5
  • Very Easy
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  • Average
  • Difficult
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% Interns - FT Offers (94%)

The % of Interns Getting a Full Time Offer chart is meant to provide a realistic estimate of the hiring practices of the company based on the reviews at this company.

The number you see in the middle of the doughnut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. If you hover over the various sections of the doughnut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.

The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few reviews). Simply put, as a company gets more reviews, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to the simple company average and away from the average of the entire data set.

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Interviews at General Mills

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Year 2023
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Corporate Finance
Location Minneapolis
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Average
Intern
Year 2015
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Corporate Finance
Location Minneapolis
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Average
1st Year Analyst
Year 2014
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division Back Office
Location Toronto
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Easy
Operations Analyst
Year 2011
Job Title Operations Analyst
Group/Division Financial Planning and Analysis
Location Minneapolis
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Easy
Intern
Year 2013
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Finance
Location Minneapolis
Experience
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Difficulty
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1st Year Analyst
Year 2013
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division FLDP
Location Minneapolis
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Easy

Interview Questions & Answers - General Mills Examples

Financial Analyst Intern Interview - Corporate Finance

Anonymous employee in Minneapolis
Interviewed: October 2023
Date Submitted: Oct 28, 2023
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Personality Test
Background Check
Interview
General Mills would offer a pre-interview event, then you would have a 1-on-1 interview the next day, mostly behavioral questions. If you pass that you will get another interview the next day.
Interview Questions
Multiple very deep STAR questions that the normal person won't be able to prepare for
Sample Answer

Summer Analyst-FLDP Interview - Corporate Finance

Anonymous interview candidate in Minneapolis
Interviewed: October 2015
Date Submitted: Jul 18, 2016
Outcome
Declined Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Applied online using our schools career services website. Was invited to do a first round interview with the CFO of a plant, then was invited to a two part interview with the same CFO of the plant, and a CFO of one of the main product lines.
Interview Questions
1) Why are you interested in Corporate Finance instead of Investment Banking?
2) What are several ways to value a company?
3) Why are you interested in General Mills Finance Leadership Development Program?

These weren't necessarily particularly difficult, however, they were looking for pretty specific answers for each response. The remainder of the questions were standard technical and behavioral questions that you would likely expect from a Fortune 500 firm for a finance related position, particularly a rotational development program.
Sample Answer

Financial analyst Interview - Back Office

Anonymous interview candidate in Toronto
Interviewed: September 2014
Date Submitted: Nov 05, 2014
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Background Check
Interview
got interview from school, 1st round is merely behaviour, interviewer described a lot about the position, asked 4 questions total
Interview Questions
How to evaluate a company
Why you want to work for GM
What do you think you can bring to company
Basically just behaviour questions, only asked four questions, the rest of time was asking questions and his explanation about the position. However, didn't hear back from them until a month and got rejected
Sample Answer

FLDP Interview - Financial Planning and Analysis

Anonymous employee in Minneapolis
Interviewed: March 2011
Date Submitted: Apr 04, 2014
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
IQ / Intelligence Test
Personality Test
Drug Test
Background Check
Interview
Classic on campus recruiting, initial phone screen, then 2 rounds of in person interviews. Nothing special or difficult to prepare for. Almost entirely behavioral; these basic questions (tell me about a time when....) are interview 101. The STAR method is what they use to evaluate.
Interview Questions
Occasionally they will ask a more technical question regarding GMI business strategy or corp fin.
For example, I was asked (a) If you were GMI what is a product you would launch? Then once you make something up they follow up with - OK you launched this product and sales did X this year but profits are down what might be the issue?
Another non-behavioral question might be about GMI long term strategy...where should we go? What markets, products, etc would you invest in?
Sample Answer

Financial Development Intern Program Interview - Finance

Anonymous interview candidate in Minneapolis
Interviewed: October 2013
Date Submitted: Oct 11, 2013
Outcome
Declined Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Skills Test
Personality Test
Interview
Standard Pre-night dinner. Then the first round interview was 45 minutes of behavioral questions. Have basic finance knowledge, such as how Wall Street values a company. The second round interview was the next day and consisted of the same sort of questions.
Interview Questions
How does Wall Street value a company?

Talk about cash flows, discounting for time value of money. Follow up question may center around the experience of an individual investor.
If you were in charge of the company you interned for, how would you increase growth?

I had an answer that was very specific to my experiences in the insurance industry.
Sample Answer

FLDP Interview - FLDP

Anonymous interview candidate in Minneapolis
Interviewed: September 2013
Date Submitted: Oct 11, 2013
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
First there is an on campus interview followed by a super day in Minneapolis a few weeks later. The firm provides opportunities on campus to reach out in advance of the interview as well. Cultural fit is very important. Most of the questions were fit related. An interest in living in Minneapolis also seemed important.
Interview Questions
Tell me about a time when you had to use your analytic ability to sort through large sets of data.

What does General Mills do better than any of its competitors? Branding is an obvious answer, but it seemed like they liked hearing something different.
Sample Answer