Unilever R&D Future Leaders Program interview questions
based on 2 ratings - Updated 3 Sept 2025
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R&D Future Leaders Program applicants have rated the interview process at Unilever with 4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for R&D Future Leaders Program roles take an average of 90 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Unilever overall takes an average of 36 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Unilever as a R&D Future Leaders Program according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 50%
Phone interview: 50%
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Question 1
Motivations, strengths and weaknesses, knowledge of the company etc
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Unilever in Feb 2016
Interview
1 hour long telephone interview, mainly consisting of competency based questions based around unilevers standards of leadership. A few questions on why unilever, why r&d, what skills do you have that you could bring to the role etc. Woman on the other end of the phone was very nice but kept pressing for more details after I gave an answer and always asked "what would you do differently if you were in that situation again?". Interview was on a Thursday and I found out the following Monday so very fast response, although the telephone interview was 3 months after I submitted my application.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a time when you had to make a quick decision
Describe a time when you showed a growth mindset
Why FMCG, why R&D