I applied in-person. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at SAP (Dresden) in Mar 2014
Interview
Informal meeting with team leaders to find out preferences and get to know each other. In this case I applied because SAP supported my studies and I asked them for further collaboration. During my time at SAP I had to chance to recommend other fellows and their interview process was similar: They sent their CV, got invited for a short meeting and were in. From my experience SAP is really interested in getting to know future employees.
Easy going, only a quick coffee corner session with a manager and some co workers. We mainly talked about prior expieriences, what I expect from the job etc. Recieved the offer about a week later.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at SAP (Walldorf, Baden-Wurttemberg) in Nov 2014
Interview
The invitation to a face-to-face interview came 1 month after my online-application. I arrived 20 min earlier than the appointed time, but the receptionist forgot to call the interviewer while keeping me waiting. So I assumed that the interviewer had slight bad impression about me being late. Then I was told that we had to do the interview in the canteen, because the meeting room she booked was under repair for whatever reason. After the interview, the interviewer accompanied me to the exit and told me that I would get informed about the result 1 week later. However, two weeks after the interview I got a rejection letter stating that they had to consider other applicants. Anyway, I didn't ask for the reasons of the rejection. But then in the third week, I got another email from the interviewer saying that they are expecting me to join their team and asked me for my starting date. I don't know whether they were rejected by another candidate and turned to me pretending that nothing had happened. But this recruiting is really unprofessional !!!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Not very difficult but just for your reference: Which area of this job are you interested in? Please explain taking your strength and weakness into consideration.