PepsiCo attended my university’s career fair. I submitted my resume with the recruiter at the career fair and then applied directly to the job posting through my university’s career site as well as PepsiCo’s website to be considered for an interview. I received an email within 1 week inviting me to interview for the position. Before the first interview, I attended the PepsiCo informational session to learn more about the company and their culture. There was a good amount of PepsiCo employees at the information session that shared their experiences with the company. I would encourage you to attend the information session if given the opportunity to build relationships and gather information that can help you during your interviews. The first interview was conducted on campus the day after the informational session. The first interview was typical including behavioral questions. Concluding the first interview, I received another email within 1 week inviting me to participate in the second round of their hiring process. The second round of the process took place about 2 weeks from the first interview. The night before the second round of interviews there was a candidate dinner where there were welcome remarks and a few top managers that shared their stories and background. After the dinner the candidates are given the opportunity to participate in a campus hire Q & A discussion with previous campus hires. You can literally ask them anything. At the dinner we were given a folder that included a schedule of events for the following day. Included was a case study for homework that we would cover during the interview process with management. The second round of interview was conducted at the Tolleson Gatorade Facility. The second round of the process included four steps: resume presentation, ops case study, execution/influence interview, and people/idea interview. You are given 20 minutes to present your resume in front of two executives and your competition. There are no “rules” for the resume review, but they give a few topics to consider touching on during your presentation. I will cover the case study in the following section. The two interviews were not terribly difficult. I am currently waiting on a response. My advice is be confident and you will do great.

On campus interview with engineers from the manufacturing plant that was hiring. All behavioral questions. Name a time when you felt a sense of cooperation. Name a time you completely changed something. Name a time you had to make a decision quickly. Why do you want to work for us?