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      Customer Service Specialist Interview

      Jan 19, 2014
      Anonymous employee
      Mount Vernon, IL
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied in-person. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Big Lots (Mount Vernon, IL) in Jan 2010

      Interview

      Called in for an interview within 1 week of applying. Interview was quick and simple, with job offer the next day.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      All questions were very straightforward and not difficult to answer.
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      Other Customer Service Specialist Interview Reviews for Big Lots

      Customer Service Specialist Interview

      Apr 14, 2015
      Anonymous employee
      East York, PA
      Accepted offer
      Negative experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied in-person. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Big Lots (East York, PA) in Jun 2014

      Interview

      Sit down and ask experience how many years why would you want to work for big lots etc also asked how many jobs I worked for in the past the interview was easy

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      My experience on register
      1 Answer

      Customer Service Specialist Interview

      Aug 25, 2014
      Anonymous employee
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied in-person. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Big Lots in Nov 2013

      Interview

      one interview, can you work with a team, under pressure, meet goals. can you handle rude or uneasy customers. Lots for book/ manuals papers to fill out. want you to work as soon as your done with the paper work.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      most difficult was can you work out problems with fellow workers
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      Customer Service Specialist Interview

      Oct 29, 2013
      Anonymous employee
      Accepted offer

      Application

      I interviewed at Big Lots

      Interview

      They have a great training program for people having hard times finding a job

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      They asked a lot of personal and introspective questions that I could not answer on the top of my head
      Answer question

      Big Lots interviews FAQs

      • Customer Service Specialist applicants have rated the interview process at Big Lots with 2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
      • Candidates applying for Customer Service Specialist roles take an average of 4 days to get hired, when considering 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Big Lots overall takes an average of 11 days.
      • Common stages of the interview process at Big Lots as a Customer Service Specialist according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:

        One on one interview:  50%

        Background check:  33%

        Personality test:  17%

      • Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -

        1. Cashier(280) ;
        2. Sales Associate/Cashier(279) ;
        3. Sales Associate(256) ;
        4. Store Manager(229) ;
        5. Assistant Manager(178) ;
        6. Store Associate(136) ;
        7. Stocker(96) ;
        8. Associate(70) ;
        9. Manager(63) ;
        10. Retail Sales Associate(59) ;
        11. Assistant Store Manager(58) ;
        12. Furniture Sales Associate(41) ;
        13. Assistant Team Leader(40) ;
        14. Store Team Leader(39) ;
        15. Customer Service Representative(32) .


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      Jobs at Big Lots

      1 jobs in United States
      Cashier/Sales Associate
      Waycross, GA
      ·
      $14 - $17 /hr
      (Employer provided)
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