First you have to fill out an online application which has questions you have to answer correctly, you have to fill out paragraph answers and if you are successful you will get an email about a phone interview. Be prepared for the phone interview as they can phone you anytime, and won’t call you back - will only leave a voicemail. I wrote out pages of their best sellers, retail experiences, how to boost sales. Benefit love hearing how EXCITED you are! This is a Barbie pink brand, and they want gorgeous excited people working for them, use enthusiastic words, STUNNING, GORGEOUS, AMAZING, WORLD NUMBER 1. Benefit believe they are the best so sell it back to them!
After that, they will tell you immediately if you are successful or not, then you will be invited into a store interview. Where your interview is held is not necessarily where you will work. I had mine in HOF, I was interviewed by the area manager and they are looking for incredibly motivated, confident, makeup SALES people. I put together a portofolio and spoke about how to deliver customer satisfaction, how to bring back repeat business, build customer loyalty and be a brand ambassador for Benefit.
They are usual interview questions, skills, qualities, experiences, customer satisfaction, repeat business, difficult situations, and WHY benefit?
A week later I had my audition with 2 other girls on a weekday, we went through all the products, counter hygiene and told to go get some customers! I was pumped full of adrenaline I thought it was very exciting I zoomed away from the counter first to make a point I wasn’t scared( traffic stopping is huge in Benefit, being shy will get you no where) , I got 6 people back within 1.5 hours and made a sale. Don’t be nervous, all someone can say is no, tell them it’s free, tell them it takes 2 minutes, tell them you’d really appreciate it, most people say YES.
I got in touch with an area manager and was offered full time and they send emails for your details and then your starter pack is sent out!
Be BUBBLY, fun, excited, enthusiastic! Benefit is very Barbie, lots of personality! Watch videos of Lisa Potter Dixon on YouTube, the way she talks about benefit products is crafted by the brand itself, that’s the kind of enthusiasm they want! Good luck!
