Kerry Group plc Interview Questions & Answers

Competency Based Phone interview discussing topics such as teamwork, working with a difficult person etc which lasted about 20 minutes.

Assessement centre which consisted of a personal presentation, group presentation, face to face competency interview and numberical reasoning exam. Present at each stage was a Senior Engineer from various sites worldwide and a senior HR person. The assessement centre last two days where Kerry Group put you up in a hotel overnight.

Name a time where you had to deal with a difficult person on a group project and how did you deal with it.

How would you resolve a issue of a employee turning up late and drunk to work? (HR can't handle the issue)

How would you deal with a cowboy contractor known for trying to swindle companys out of money?

Know the company wedsite including products, core values, mission statement and end of year company report are all good to research.

Prepare competency answers before the interview in order to focus on the assessment task

Solo Presentation (3 hours to prepare 10-15 min presentation, presentation brief given along with hints)
Group Presentation (half hour to prepare, 10 mins to delivery)
Solo Competency Based interview (20 mins)

After my application has been accepted and I also progressed through the testing stage (including an online situational judgement test and a verbal test), I was invited to a telephone interview. I haven't received the answer yet, but they told me that the final stage of the process is an Assessment centre.

The Competency Based Phone interview covered terms like motivation, teamwork, relationship building and influencing and lasted about 20-25 minutes. They also asked me HR specific questions and wanted me to link the theoretical knowledge from university to the business environments.

How do you think the HR department can influence the company position in the market?

Make sure you follow the advice they give you prior the interview, and research the company and the food industry. Also, it would be good if you refresh the SMART approach to structure your responses and try to be specific, as they take notes.

I can't comment on that, as the Assessment centre will take place from February onwards.