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Updated 1 Feb 2023
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Interviews at Keyence
Interviews for Top Jobs at Keyence
- Sales Engineer (271)
- Technical Sales Representative (210)
- Technical Sales Engineer (126)
- Sales Representative (54)
- Technical Sales (41)
- Consulente Commerciale (26)
- Sales Associate (24)
- Sales Executive (23)
- Sales (22)
- Junior Sales Manager (21)
- Applications Engineer (14)
- Junior Sales Specialist (13)
- Ingénieur Technico-commercial (13)
- Sales Manager (12)
- Sales Specialist (12)
- Sales Consultant (11)
- Entry Level Technical Sales Representative (11)
- Entry Level Sales Representative (10)
- Consulting Sales Engineer (9)
- Junior Sales Engineer (8)
- Technical Marketing Engineer (7)
- Graduate Sales Engineer (6)
- Entry Level Technical Sales Associate (5)
- Technical Support (5)
- Outside Sales Representative (4)
- Business Development (4)
- Graduate Sales (4)
- Graduate Sales Executive (4)
- Graduate Sales Consultant (4)
- Application Engineer (4)

Anonymous Interview Candidate
I interviewed at Keyence
Primero entrevista de cinco minutos no más ni menos solo para conocerte después entrevista presencial con dos directores de ventas uno japonés y uno mexicano es preferible hablar en inglés para explicarte mejor con el japonés
- Cuales crees son las habilidades que se necesitan para vender

Anonymous Interview Candidate
I interviewed at Keyence
L'iter è molto lungo ma l'ambiente è piacevole, così come le persone delle risorse umane. C'è possibilità di essere scartati al primo ma anche all'ultimo colloquio. Non è certo assegnino nell'area per la quale ci si è candidati.
- Punti di forza e debolezza. Perché vuoi lavorare con noi. Quali sono le caratteristiche di un commerciale. Quali sono le tue motivazioni.

Anonymous Interview Candidate
I interviewed at Keyence
Parlo del primo colloquio conoscitivo, ove dopo una presentazione dell'azienda, i candidati hanno effettuato un colloquio a due a due con una responsabile delle risorse umane che poneva domande attitudinali prima ad un candidato e poi ad un altro.
- Perché ho scelto quella facoltà di studi? Una breve presentazione personale in tre parole Perché dovresti essere un bravo commerciale?

Anonymous Interview Candidate
I interviewed at Keyence
Il percorso selettivo consiste in 4 step: quick talk (10 minuti, con altri due candidati ed un recruiter), colloquio con manager giapponese da circa 15 minuti in inglese e test logico attitudinale, colloquio con due manager italiani da circa 30 minuti e colloquio finale con general manager giapponese dal vivo a Milano
- Hai rimpianti sul tuo percorso finora?

Anonymous Interview Candidate
I interviewed at Keyence
Primo colloquio conoscitivo di 5 minuti (quick talk) con HR recruiters. Secondo colloquio conoscitivo con AD di 15 minuti. Terzo colloquio tecnico con manager di 30 minuti. Quarto incontro conoscitivo in presenza con AD Keyence Italia.
- Descrivimi un tuo punto di forza e due di debolezza

Anonymous Interview Candidate
I interviewed at Keyence
An online group interview which involved asking a lot of open questions with a different order each time. The process took around 45 minutes. This led to an online assessment centre with a 121 interview which was a lot more formal.
- Q: Why does sales resonate with you?

Anonymous Interview Candidate
I interviewed at Keyence
Vi sono 2 step da superare. Primo colloquio preceduto da una presentazione dell'azienda. Secondo colloquio in lingua inglese con manager giapponese. Terzo colloquio in italiano con manager. Quarto colloquio in presenza con amministratore delegato
- Perché ha scelto il tuo corso di studi? Qual è la tua miglior qualità?

Anonymous Employee
I interviewed at Keyence
sales role play, mechanical test and video questions are all part of the interview process. first by hr then sales manager, then you may go on road with a sales engineer to get idea of job
- pretend you are a ski holiday sales person and I'm looking for a sunny holiday

Anonymous Employee
I interviewed at Keyence
Fast and efficient Interesting sales role-play questions but if prepared not too difficult big emphasis on why the role so prepare ahead quite a formal interview, not as relaxed as others
- - Sales roleplay question with product description provided before the interview

Anonymous Employee in Brussels
I applied online. I interviewed at Keyence (Brussels) in Jan 2023
It was such a complicated interview series. I had 3 rounds all slightly different, there was a role play and motivational section . Overall quite challenging. Also you have to complete 2 or 3 different tests as well.
- Why do you want to work in sales ?
Keyence Interviews FAQs
Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Keyence as 50.0% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3.50 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Marketing and Engineer rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Sales Engineer and Engineer roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at Keyence takes an average of 15 days when considering 6 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Sales Engineer had the quickest hiring process (on average 15 days), whereas Sales Engineer roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 15 days).
Common stages of the interview process at Keyence according to 6 Glassdoor interviews include:
One-on-One Interview: 25.00%
Phone Interview: 12.50%
Other: 12.50%
Group Panel Interview: 12.50%
IQ Intelligence Test: 12.50%
Personality Test: 12.50%
Presentation: 12.50%
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