I received word from a friend about an opening at HUL's Bangalore R&D Centre and was asked to forward my resume. Once I was shortlisted for the interview, my first round was telephonic, and I was asked some technical questions revolving around research I had conducted as a student. Subsequently I received communication from HR asking me to come down to Bangalore for a second round with senior management. Communication from everyone at the company was, as expected, professional and polite at all times. Follow-ups over e-mail and phone were continuous. Only one glitch was that the on-site interview was cancelled once at the last moment and scheduled for the next day, which I later got to know was a communication failure from the HR. The second round interview was also good. This time they asked questions which tested research acumen and technical knowledge both, with a few hypothetical situation based questions, which also demanded to be answered with a reasonable level of quantitative accuracy.

Two telephone interviews, with a final face to face interview. This was a seamless process, however the only down side was the length of time it took overall. However the wait was worthwhile.