I applied online. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at AT&T in Jan 2015
Interview
I went onto the AT&T careers page. I submitted my information and resume. I was then invited to take an assessment. I passed the initial assessment. Then I got another assessment about honesty and drug use; I failed that assessment. The assessments use psychological tests to "weed" people out.
If you normally fail personality tests for jobs like Target, Macy's, Walmart, etc..., then this is much worse and I pray for you.
If you are a person that always tries to do the right thing, you are put at a disadvantage because the social desirability measure essentially calls you a liar. For instance, if you say that you try not to litter, they will assume that you are lying. If you say that you have never thought about stealing money from work, they will think that you are lying; I have never worked in a job that had money so how can they call me a liar when I say that I didn't have thoughts about stealing it?
If you are completely honest with them and your thoughts and opinions don't line up, good luck...
The only way to pass this assessment is to trick the system. Even if you don't litter, admit to it because they think that everyone litters... I have only been able to pass one of these so called psychological tests once at Macy's in 2011.
T-Mobile and Sprint's interview process is way more straightforward and probably has more validity to the retail shopping experience; they just want to know how good of a sales person you would be and they do not assume that their potential employees are inherently dishonest. Really AT&T, do you think that you can predict when a person will steal using a poorly constructed survey? I probably can answer that because numerous self-reported employees and customers claim that AT&T is an expert on stealing money from its dwindling fan base.
The only positive thing to this process was that they kept good communication and feedback; they let you know immediately if you are still being considered or not.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you knew that a family member was stealing, would you report it to management?
no
probably no
probably yes
yes
It is a basic customer service and teamwork questions. Asks you to teach them how to do something you're passionate about. Nothing crazy or unexpected. Laid back but professional, answered all my questions as well.
I applied online. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at AT&T in Jan 2025
Interview
Interview itself is pretty easy. The two times I've interviewed with them as varied based on the manager, but they're pretty forthright with everything they're telling you and the expectations of the job.
After the initial interview, the store will likely assess your product knowledge. They may ask you about various cell phone models, features, or accessories, and how you would explain them to customers. This is to evaluate your ability to understand and communicate technical information.
Retail Sales Consultant applicants have rated the interview process at AT&T with 2.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 70% positive. To compare, the company-average is 65.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Retail Sales Consultant roles take an average of 26 days to get hired, when considering 839 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at AT&T overall takes an average of 28 days.
Common stages of the interview process at AT&T as a Retail Sales Consultant according to 839 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 18%
Drug test: 16%
Phone interview: 16%
Background check: 14%
Personality test: 12%
Skills test: 12%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
Group panel interview: 4%
Presentation: 3%
Other: 1%
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