P&G Japan 2028 Campus Hiring: 13 Interview Questions and English Prep

Interview Process at a Glance

Use these class-of-2027 candidate reports to prepare for P&G Japan 2028 graduate main selection. They include marketing-specific questions and describe past experiences, not a guaranteed process or question set for every 2028 role.

• Entry and online test deadline for the 2028 intake: October 5, 2026. (Source: P&G Careers, 2028 campus hiring)
• The class-of-2027 reports describe an information session, entry sheet, written/online aptitude assessment, first interview, then second/final interviews. This is a historical sequence, not a confirmed order for 2028. (Source: Gaishi Shukatsu, class of 2027, reports 42853 and 43340)
• Past reports describe Japanese information sessions, assessments and first interviews; Japanese/English entry sheets; and Japanese and English second/final interviews. (Source: Gaishi Shukatsu, class of 2027, reports 42853 and 43340)
• One final-selection account describes multiple sessions totalling about three hours, including about one hour entirely in English. English questions covered motivation and marketing experience. (Source: Gaishi Shukatsu, class of 2027, report 43340)

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Real Interview Questions

1st Interview: Student Experiences and Motivation

• What was the greatest difficulty you faced in the activity you put effort into as a student? How did you analyze and overcome it? (Source: Gaishi Shukatsu, class of 2027, 1st interview, report 42853)
• How did you prioritize within limited time and resources (budget, number of people)? (Source: Gaishi Shukatsu, class of 2027, 1st interview, report 42853)
• When you achieved results, how did you analyze the factors behind them? Also, what could you have done better? (Source: Gaishi Shukatsu, class of 2027, 1st interview, report 42853)
• About your background. What did you work hard on in university? Did you originally intend to work hard on that experience? (Source: Gaishi Shukatsu, class of 2027, 1st interview, report 43340)
• Give a major experience that became a turning point after entering university and talk about it in detail. What was the major point in that experience? What was difficult? Why were you able to work hard during that experience? (Source: Gaishi Shukatsu, class of 2027, 1st interview, report 43340)
• Why are you applying to this company? Why the marketing position? (Source: Gaishi Shukatsu, class of 2027, 1st interview, report 43340)

Answer guidance: Start with your conclusion, then explain the challenge, your decisions and actions, and the result. Practice describing trade-offs under limited time or resources and what you would improve afterward.

2nd Interview: Experience and Role Motivation

• What did you put effort into during high school? Why did you decide to become the captain of the club? Why did you decide to join that club? (Source: Gaishi Shukatsu, class of 2027, 2nd interview, report 43340)
• Why do you want to do marketing? Is it not acceptable if it's not marketing? How do you plan to acquire marketing expertise? (Source: Gaishi Shukatsu, class of 2027, 2nd interview, report 43340)
• Where do you think P&G's appeal lies? Why do you think so? (Source: Gaishi Shukatsu, class of 2027, 2nd interview, report 43340)
• Please tell me what you can confidently say you put the most effort into during your student days. Give examples of your proactive actions in that experience and explain them. (Source: Gaishi Shukatsu, class of 2027, 2nd interview, report 43340)

Answer guidance: Explain both why you started and what kept you going. For marketing applicants, connect interests shaped by your experience to what you hope to achieve at P&G.

2nd / Final Interview: English Round and English Ability

• About your international experience. Can you speak English with foreigners without problems? What is your self-assessed English level? (Source: Gaishi Shukatsu, class of 2027, 2nd interview, report 43340)
• Why are you applying to this company? What do you want to achieve in the marketing position? Tell me about your marketing experience. (Source: Gaishi Shukatsu, class of 2027, 2nd interview, English session, report 43340)
• How do you objectively assess your own English ability? (Source: Gaishi Shukatsu, class of 2027, first final-round interview, report 43340)

Answer guidance: Rehearse motivation and marketing experience aloud in English. Assess your English with examples of where you used it, what you could do and what was difficult. This group includes a reported English prompt and questions about English ability; not every question is documented as having been asked in English.

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What Candidates Say

These are translations of individual candidates' impressions, not published P&G assessment criteria.

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How to Prepare

• Organize student experiences around the challenge, priorities, your own actions, results and opportunities for improvement.
• Prepare truthful material in English for motivation, marketing experience, situations where you used English and a self-assessment of your ability.
• Practice explaining reasons and examples in different words instead of relying only on a script. Record yourself to check that your conclusion comes first.
• Mocky's AI interviewer speaks English only. Use the experiences you organized for Japanese interviews to rehearse speaking in the final English round.