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You have 13 minutes to answer 10 questions. Each question describes a workplace situation and four possible responses. For every question, select the response you believe would be MOST effective and the response you believe would be LEAST effective. There are no trick questions; judge each response on how well it would work in the situation described.
About this test: this is one of a set of practice tests covering the areas Coca Cola’s assessment process typically includes. It is written by us: it is not Coca Cola’s own assessment and these are not Coca Cola’s questions.
Question 1 of 10
You are a shift supervisor at Coca Cola. As the afternoon handover starts, a customer comes to the desk and says she was told this morning that somebody would ring her back about an order and nobody has. The handover takes twenty minutes and the team on the earlier shift have already left. The customer has come in specially. Which response below would be most effective, and which would be least effective?
Most effective: D. Take her details and the order number and tell her you will look at it as soon as the handover ends, so that she has a time rather than another promise of a call.
Least effective: B. Assume somebody on the morning shift has already dealt with it and that the message has crossed with her visit, and carry on with the handover as planned.
A: Repeats the promise that has already failed her once: she came in because a call-back did not happen, and she leaves holding another one.
B: Assumes the problem away rather than checking it: the one person she has managed to reach decides, without looking, that she has probably been helped already.
C: Spends a fixed team commitment on one case: the handover exists so the incoming shift knows what it is walking into, and it cannot simply be shortened.
The most effective response is to take her details, tell her you will look at it the moment the handover ends, and come back to her before she leaves: she gets a person, a time and an outcome inside the hour, and the handover the incoming shift depends on still happens. It beats asking her to leave her number for tomorrow, because a call-back is exactly the promise that has already failed her. It beats stopping the handover altogether, because the whole incoming shift plans off it. The least effective response is assuming the morning shift has already dealt with it and carrying on: nobody checks anything, and the one person she has actually reached decides on no evidence that she has probably been helped, which is a different kind of wrong from making a weak promise or from over-correcting. The principle: a customer in front of you gets a commitment you can keep, and never an assumption about what somebody else has done.
Question 2 of 10
You are a purchasing assistant at Coca Cola. A supplier has changed two of its delivery terms, and the change affects a colleague’s ordering more than it affects yours. He is meeting that supplier on Thursday and does not know about it. The note explaining the change is in a shared folder he has access to but rarely opens. You found out yesterday. Which response below would be most effective, and which would be least effective?
Most effective: C. Forward him the note today with a line saying which two terms have changed and what they mean for his ordering, since Thursday's meeting is where he will need it.
Least effective: B. Let him find out at Thursday's meeting, and leave the note where it is in the shared folder that he already has access to.
A: Times the telling for the sender's convenience: Thursday morning is hours before his meeting, which is not enough time to rework what he was going to ask for.
B: Leaves a colleague to discover it in the room: the information is technically available to him, and the only person who knows it matters to Thursday chooses not to say so.
D: Does a colleague's thinking for him: he arrives with a proposal he did not build and cannot defend when the supplier pushes back on it.
The most effective response is to forward him the note today with a line on which terms changed and what they mean for his ordering: he gets it in time to think, it comes with the part that makes it matter to him, and the work stays his. It beats raising it at Thursday’s team meeting, because that is hours before he sits down with the supplier. It beats reworking his proposal for him, because he then walks in with a position he cannot defend. The least effective response is letting him find out at the meeting because the note was in a shared folder: availability is not telling, and the one person who knew it mattered to Thursday decided not to mention it, which is a different kind of wrong from mistiming the message or from over-helping. The principle: when you know something changes a colleague’s week, tell them yourself and early, whatever else it was published in.
Question 3 of 10
You are a stock control assistant at Coca Cola. The same line has shown a discrepancy at count on four occasions in six weeks, always in the same direction and always in the same area. Each time it has been written off as a counting error. You have now checked and the counts were done correctly. Discrepancies of this size and pattern are supposed to be reported to the loss prevention team. Which response below would be most effective, and which would be least effective?
Most effective: D. Report the four counts to the loss prevention team today with the checking you have done, since a pattern like that is what the reporting route exists for, and tell your supervisor.
Least effective: A. Hand the four counts to the colleague who covers that area on Thursdays, since he knows the line better than you do, and consider your part in it finished.
A: Passes a reportable pattern on without owning it: the colleague has no idea it is four occurrences or that it should be reported, so the one person who knew both facts has stepped out of it.
B: Waits for certainty that a report does not require: two more counts is three more weeks, and the threshold for reporting was passed some time ago.
C: Escalates without the fact that changes the decision: she is asked to judge a pattern while the one thing that rules out a counting error is left out.
The most effective response is to report the four counts to the loss prevention team today with your checking attached, and tell your supervisor you have done it: the pattern is exactly what the reporting route exists for, your checking is what makes it more than a suspicion, and nobody is surprised later. It beats waiting for two more counts, because the threshold was passed weeks ago and waiting adds three weeks. It beats raising it with your supervisor while leaving out that the counts were checked, because that is the fact the decision turns on. The least effective response is handing the four counts to the Thursday colleague and treating your part as finished: he does not know it is four occurrences or that it is reportable, so the only person holding both facts has stepped out, which is a different kind of wrong from waiting too long or from telling somebody too little. The principle: when something crosses a reporting line, take it there yourself, with what you know attached.
Question 4 of 10
You are a people team graduate at Coca Cola. A team member has told you privately that her line manager has been changing her shifts at short notice for a month, and that she has stopped saying anything because it is not worth the friction. She has asked you not to make a fuss. Repeated short-notice changes are something the people team is meant to look at. Which response below would be most effective, and which would be least effective?
Most effective: C. Explain to her that a month of short-notice changes is something you have to pass on, agree with her how and when it is raised, and raise it so that she is not surprised.
Least effective: D. Tell her there is nothing the people team can do without a formal complaint from her, which is not something you have actually checked.
A: Escalates over the person who raised it: the conversation happens about her rather than with her, and the next person with a problem watches how this one went.
B: Leaves the pattern with the one person least able to change it: the offer of help is genuine, and the shifts carry on exactly as they were.
D: States a limit that does not exist: she stops looking for help on the strength of a rule you invented, and the pattern goes unexamined because of it.
The most effective response is to explain that a month of short-notice changes has to be passed on, agree with her how and when, and then raise it: it is honest about what you can and cannot promise her, it keeps her in the conversation about her own situation, and the pattern reaches the people who are meant to see it. It beats going straight to the manager’s manager today, because she is the person it happens to and she finds out afterwards. It beats suggesting she raise it herself with your help, because she has already judged that route not worth the friction and nothing changes. The least effective response is telling her the people team can do nothing without a formal complaint: that is a limit you have not checked and it is not true, so she stops looking for help on the strength of it, which is a different kind of wrong from escalating over her head or from under-reaching. The principle: be honest about what you must pass on, and take somebody with you rather than either around them or nowhere at all.
Question 5 of 10
You are a service recovery assistant at Coca Cola. A customer has rung about an order that has gone wrong twice. He has already been passed between three people this morning and is audibly at the end of his patience. His case is genuinely a complaints matter rather than a service one, and complaints have a queue of about a day. You can see the whole history in front of you. Which response below would be most effective, and which would be least effective?
Most effective: A. Take the details yourself, tell him what you can put right today and what has to go to complaints, and raise the case there with the history attached.
Least effective: D. Transfer the customer straight to the complaints team while he is still on the line, since they own cases like his and can hear the history from him directly.
B: Offers a choice where a decision was needed: after three transfers he wants somebody to take the case, not another option to weigh.
C: Keeps a case that needs the other route: it feels kinder, and his complaint never enters the system that records and answers complaints.
D: Hands the customer on rather than the case: he becomes the fourth transfer of the morning and repeats a history that is already written down in front of you.
The most effective response is to take the details yourself, tell him what you can put right today and what has to go to complaints, and raise it there with the history attached: the case reaches the right route, the customer stops carrying it, and something happens today rather than tomorrow. It beats offering him the choice of raising it himself, because after three transfers he needs somebody to take it rather than another decision to make. It beats dealing with the whole thing outside the complaints process, because his complaint then never enters the system meant to answer it. The least effective response is transferring him to complaints while he is on the line: he becomes the fourth handover of the morning and retells a history that is written down in front of you, which is a different kind of wrong from making him do the chasing or from keeping the case improperly. The principle: move the case, not the customer.
Question 6 of 10
You are a supply chain graduate at Coca Cola. A planner and a site contact have been arguing for two days about a change to delivery times. The site has said clearly that it will not work for them. The planner has now asked you, in front of both of them on a call, whether the site has agreed. Everybody wants the argument over, and the schedule has to be published tomorrow. Which response below would be most effective, and which would be least effective?
Most effective: B. Say plainly that the site has not agreed and set out what each side needs from the times, so that the call turns into a search for a change that would work.
Least effective: A. Assure the planner that the site is happy with the change so the argument can stop, and work quietly on the site afterwards to bring them round before the schedule is published.
A: States an agreement that does not exist: the schedule is published on it, and the site discovers tomorrow that its refusal was reported as consent.
C: Softens a fact to keep the peace: the site's position was perfectly clear, and describing it as unclear leaves the planner believing there is still room where there is none.
D: Delivers the fact and abandons the problem: the schedule is published tomorrow, and nothing on the call has moved the two sides any closer.
The most effective response is to say plainly that the site has not agreed, set out what each side needs, and ask for the one change that would make it work: the fact is on the table, and the call turns from an argument about consent into a search for a workable time. It beats describing the position as unclear, because the site was clear and the planner is left believing there is room to move. It beats stating the fact and leaving them to it, because the schedule is published tomorrow and nothing has moved. The least effective response is assuring the planner the site is happy: an agreement that does not exist becomes the basis of a published schedule, and the site learns that its refusal was reported as consent, which is a different kind of wrong from being vague or from being unhelpful. The principle: end an argument by putting the true position in the middle of it, never by reporting the answer everybody wants.
Question 7 of 10
You are a customer experience graduate at Coca Cola. A colleague is on leave for a fortnight and her cases have come to you on top of your own. You are working late and falling behind, and forty cases are now past the promised reply date. She has left you her login so you can see her case notes, and using it would let you close cases in her name much faster than working through your own queue. Which response below would be most effective, and which would be least effective?
Most effective: D. Tell your team leader today how many cases are past the promised date and what you can realistically clear, so that the queue can be shared out while your colleague is away.
Least effective: B. Clear the backlog using your colleague's login while she is away, since the cases have to be answered and working in her name is much quicker than moving each one across to yourself.
A: Absorbs the overload silently: it is honest work and nobody who could add a person, extend a promise or reset expectations has been told the position.
B: Breaches the rule on who acts under whose name: the queue may shrink, and every case closed that way is recorded as the work of somebody who is on leave.
C: Rearranges the queue without changing its size: the oldest are rescued, your own newer cases now age past their dates, and the workload itself is unaddressed.
The most effective response is to tell your team leader how many cases are past the promised date and what you can realistically clear, and ask for the queue to be shared: the only fix for a fortnight of two workloads is a decision about resource, and that decision belongs to somebody who does not yet know the numbers. It beats working through both queues in date order, because that is the same overload carried quietly. It beats answering the oldest first, because it moves the lateness around rather than reducing it. The least effective response is clearing cases under your colleague’s login: the record then says she answered customers while she was on leave, and using somebody’s credentials because it is faster is a different kind of wrong from struggling on or from reordering the queue. The principle: when the work will not fit, make the size of it visible to whoever can change it, and never solve it by acting as somebody else.
Question 8 of 10
You are a supplier quality assistant at Coca Cola. In a meeting with a supplier, he says loudly that a delay last month was caused by your colleague sitting next to you sending the specification late. You know the specification went on time and that the delay was the supplier’s own. Your colleague has gone red and is saying nothing. The meeting is deciding how the next order is handled. Which response below would be most effective, and which would be least effective?
Most effective: D. Say plainly that the specification went out on time, ask what happened on his side, and suggest the two of you go through the dates together after the meeting.
Least effective: A. Say nothing while the supplier makes his case, since contradicting him in the meeting would harden the argument and the point can be dealt with afterwards in writing.
A: Withholds a fact your colleague needs in the room: the account that stands unchallenged is the one the meeting plans the next order around.
B: Wins the point and hardens the room: the correction is right, the supplier is publicly wrong, and the next order still has to be agreed with him this morning.
C: Buys progress at a colleague's expense: the meeting moves on with the accusation left standing, and she sits through the rest of it.
The most effective response is to say plainly that the specification went out on time, ask what happened on his side, and offer to go through the dates afterwards: the untrue part is corrected in the room where it was said, the supplier is given a route that is not humiliation, and the meeting can still decide the next order. It beats correcting him and asking him to explain himself, because that is the same fact delivered so as to leave him with nowhere to go. It beats moving the meeting on, because the accusation stands and your colleague sits under it. The least effective response is saying nothing and dealing with it in writing later: the room plans the next order around an account you know to be false, and the colleague it is about is left alone with it, which is a different kind of wrong from correcting him too sharply or from changing the subject. The principle: correct the fact where it was stated, and give the other party a way to be wrong without being cornered.
Question 9 of 10
You are a supply chain graduate at Coca Cola. A site has told you that a delivery due tomorrow will arrive after they close, which means it will sit unattended overnight. You have seen this happen twice this month at the same site. Your supervisor is on leave and has asked to be contacted only for genuine emergencies. The transport team can still change tomorrow’s booking if they hear before five. Which response below would be most effective, and which would be least effective?
Most effective: B. Ask transport to move tomorrow's booking before five, then send the three occurrences to your supervisor's cover, since the pattern needs a decision from somebody who is available.
Least effective: C. Refer the whole thing to the site team, since the closing times are theirs and they are better placed to sort out both tomorrow and the pattern behind it.
A: Moves the cost onto somebody else: the site works late for a booking that could simply have been changed before five, and the pattern is untouched.
C: Passes the problem to people who cannot solve it: transport holds the booking and closes at five, and the site team has no way to change tomorrow from their end.
D: Fixes the instance and lets the pattern wait: the immediate risk is handled, and a fault that has now happened three times sits unexamined for another week.
The most effective response is to ask transport to move tomorrow’s booking before five and send the three occurrences to your supervisor’s cover: tomorrow is dealt with inside the window that exists for it, and the pattern goes to somebody who is actually available to decide about it. It beats asking the site to stay open late, because the booking can still be changed before five and the site should not pay for that. It beats fixing tomorrow and waiting a week on the pattern, because three occurrences in a month is the thing that needs a decision. The least effective response is referring the whole thing to the site team: they cannot change a transport booking, so the one action that has a deadline today is given to people who have no way of taking it, which is a different kind of wrong from escalating to the wrong person or from being slow on the pattern. The principle: send each part of a problem to whoever can act on it, and check that they actually can.
Question 10 of 10
You are a resourcing assistant at Coca Cola. You place temporary staff through three agencies. One of them has told you it pays fifty pounds for every candidate a client puts forward, and has offered to set that up for you personally. You already use that agency more than the others because their people turn up. The choice of agency is yours to make each time. Which response below would be most effective, and which would be least effective?
Most effective: A. Decline it, tell your manager the offer was made, and ask whether the way agencies are chosen should be written down given what has just been offered.
Least effective: B. Accept the payment the agency offers for each candidate you put forward, since you would have used them anyway and the arrangement changes nothing about who gets placed.
B: Takes a payment the role forbids: whatever you would have done anyway, every placement from now on has a personal fifty pounds attached to it.
C: Keeps a fact your manager needs: the same offer may be sitting with colleagues, and nobody who could look at that knows it was ever made.
D: Redirects a benefit rather than refusing it: the agency is still paying the people who choose it, and the team now has a reason to prefer them.
The most effective response is to decline it, tell your manager the offer was made, and ask whether the basis for choosing agencies should be written down: the offer is refused, the person responsible for how placements are made learns that an agency is trying to buy them, and the fix outlasts your own conscience. It beats declining quietly, because the same offer may be with colleagues and nobody can look at that if nobody knows. It beats redirecting the money to a team fund, because the agency is still paying the people who choose it. The least effective response is accepting the payment: every future placement carries a personal reason to pick one agency, which is a different kind of wrong from keeping quiet or from redirecting the money. The principle: when a supplier offers money to the person who chooses suppliers, refuse it and make sure it is on the record.
The Coca Cola tests typically include numerical reasoning, verbal reasoning, and job-specific aptitude tests. These are designed to evaluate a candidate’s problem-solving capabilities and suitability for their desired role.
Use the route that matches your vacancy. The guidance below identifies the programme or location it covers.
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The company describes an online application, a recruiter discussion and, for selected candidates, an onsite or virtual interview, usually with a panel. Bottling partners recruit separately, so their tests and stages can differ. Check which company issued your vacancy.
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The Coca-Cola Company prides itself on being an inclusive company, and has won several awards for gender equality and diversity. The company’s culture is built on inclusion, a growth mindset and continuous learning, and it offers a Total Rewards benefits package, which includes employee support for both financial and health wellbeing.
In addition to regular job opportunities, The Coca-Cola Company also offers a variety of internships and training. All of them are aimed at college and graduate students. Coca Cola also offers academic credits and longer-term assignments.
You can reach out to the company for internships, or visit the career website. Here, you will find current vacancies in a variety of roles and countries.
It begins with an online application. From there, it varies depending on the position you’re applying for. Some will require several interviews, while others may ask you to take different psychometric tests.
Take a look at this overview of Coca Cola’s hiring process, where you can also find tips on what to keep in mind when applying. It encourages applicants to be curious about the company and research it thoroughly.
You should be familiar with Coca-Cola’s culture and values to make the best impression. It’s also useful to have a referral from the inside, someone who already works at Coca-Cola and can vouch for you. This is not essential, of course.
Below are interview and practice formats to help you prepare where relevant. Check whether you are applying to The Coca-Cola Company or a separate bottling partner, as their processes differ.
The online application is straightforward: you submit a CV and a cover letter listing the reasons why you want to work for Coca Cola.
Make sure to tailor both your CV and cover letter to the specific role and requirements of the job. If you send a pre-written document, they will notice.
If the recruitment team at Coca Cola likes your CV, they will invite you for a phone or video interview. The first will be a pre-screening from an HR staff member, where they will ask you behavioural questions and how your competencies match their needs.
An interview may be onsite or virtual. If your invitation specifies a recorded exercise, check its preparation time, recording time and retake rules before starting.
Do not assume you can replay or re-record an answer unless the assessment instructions allow it.
When applying for a financial or analyst role, you may be asked to complete a numerical reasoning test. Contrary to common belief, a numerical reasoning test is not like your average math test. This test will include graphs, charts, data analysis and much more.
To best prepare for a numerical reasoning test, you can follow our numerical reasoning tips. Practicing is always the best method, particularly when using a timer.
Another type of psychometric test you could encounter is a mechanical reasoning test. This is likely something you will have to do if applying for more technical jobs, such as engineering.
This test will give you a mechanical scenario and ask you questions about it. For example, it could give you a set of cogs and ask you to work out the way they rotate.
Use the time limit in your invitation. The Coca-Cola Company’s current general hiring guide does not give a standard duration for a mechanical reasoning test.
Again, practice is key to success, and you can always check out our mechanical reasoning test tips to make sure you’re prepared.
Finally, the company could ask you to take a personality test. This is a type of test commonly used for both customer-based and office roles. It gives the recruiter a chance to see if you’re a good fit for the company’s values and code of conduct.
Although it sounds like a test that needs no preparation, it’s always better to take a few practice tests. The questions will be putting you in front of different scenarios typical in a work environment. You will have to answer how likely or unlikely you are to act a certain way.
The last stage of the Coca-Cola Company’s application process is a panel interview. As the name suggests, this will be conducted by several members of the company. They might be your future managers or the head of the department.
The interview will present you with questions following the STAR method. Common questions are:
After an offer is accepted, background checks or drug screening may be required, depending on the country and role. The recruiter will explain any checks and the start date.
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