I applied through an employee referral. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at SAP in Sept 2014
Interview
Was referred by a friend. It was very clear they used an external recruiter for the first round interview. Interviewer was knowledgeable and knew what questions to ask but didn't have anything interesting/new to ask. Interviewed me as though I was an inexperienced hire straight out of school. Would have been nice to talk to someone who had done a bit more research.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at SAP (Chicago, IL) in Aug 2016
Interview
Applied Online; Recruiter called after 2 weeks and scheduled HR screening call. 2nd "technical" screening call was scheduled the next week with a team member. In person panel interviews were scheduled the week right after. Offer was made same day as the in person interview. Very pleased with the overall turnaround time in each of the stages (except how it took 2 weeks for them to reach out after resume submission, but I think it's b/c the recruiter had just started working then).
Recruiter call - very casual, discussed salary expectations, made sure you do have the background/experience for the role, chatted about random things to assess a culture/personality fit
Technical Screening - not very technical, really just of a more detailed discussion of the projects you've worked on, and if you've got the relevant skill sets. Once again, chatted about random things to assess culture/personality fit
In person panel - two meetings of 2 on 1, 1 hour each. All 4 people I met with were very nice and offered a free flow of conversation. Time went by fast. Lots of discussion about past work experiences but yes, they will ask very outright personality fit questions.
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Question 1
Goes really in depth about your past work experience discussions, be sure to have lots of specific example/stories to share as they like to ask specific questions regarding an experience.