Toyota Motor Corporation Interview Questions
& Process

First, you send in your CV and a video explaining why you'd like to be a Toyota member. Then, there's a phone chat with HR where they ask general questions about you, your education, and a few behavioral ones. After that, you do a psychometric test. Finally, there's an Assessment Centre Interview at the Toyota Headquarter, which includes group activities and an individual interview with managers where they ask behavioral questions related to Toyota's values.

It was a group interview with about 50 people, and they were hiring for 2 locations. We were split into groups to build a tower out of paper. Then we had a one-on-one with 4/5 managers where we had to talk about ourselves for 60 seconds. While waiting, we did some easy math questions. After that, we had to walk around and find 3 facts about other people, which seemed pointless. Then, many people were cut. After lunch, we were put into teams again to discuss 4 items for a sinking dinghy. This exercise just showed arguments. More people were let go, including me. They said they don't use CVs, which is weird because experienced people weren't hired. They didn't say how many positions were open.

The interview process was pretty standard. A recruiter reached out and sent over company and values documentation, along with a guide on the S.T.A.R. method. The follow-up is where they really messed up. After getting a lot of positive feedback and hints of more interviews, I got an automated rejection email about 25 minutes later. No personal follow-up from the recruiter, just a generic message. This really makes their emphasis on values seem fake. If someone spends over an hour interviewing with two managers, the least you can do is call or email to let them know it didn't work out. But the speed and lack of closure make it seem like it wasn't a real assessment, maybe just a box to check. It felt like they were only interested in candidates who used a specific brand-name software, rather than if they could actually do the job. This might be a company that hires people with certifications over those with actual qualifications.

Application deadlines were at the end of November, and I was told I'd hear back within two weeks. I didn't hear anything, so I assumed I hadn't gotten through. Then, on a Thursday afternoon in early February, I got an email asking me to attend an assessment centre in Deeside the following Monday at 8:30 am. This gave me less than four days' notice to travel from North East England to Wales, book accommodation and trains, and reschedule an exam. The assessment centre itself was actually quite good and informative. There were eight of us, and we all had the same experience of being notified only a few days before, leaving minimal time to prepare for the assessment centre and interview, let alone the logistics of getting there. I was then invited for a final interview, again with less than a week's notice during term time. I was told all the interviews (for three or four of us) were scheduled for that week in early March. We were informed we'd hear back by the beginning of May at the latest, but most likely by mid-April. I never heard back, despite emailing several times asking for an update or feedback. The interviews themselves were good, and the interviewers were lovely. However, having to travel to a remote location in Wales during term time with almost no notice, no compensation for transport, especially when the final interview could have been conducted online (it was a 30-45 minute interview), and then not receiving a response, makes me very glad I didn't get an offer.