I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Bloomingdale's (New York, NY)
Interview
It takes s long time, or at least it used to. I went through 6 different interviews before I got hired.
They want people who can sell and have a certain knowledge on their field, for example, fashion, fine jewelry, housewares, furniture, etc.
These days they seem to have relaxed the standards, and that is something that reflects on the company.
Years ago, they really made you go though loops to even get a second interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They want experienced people on the field you are applying to. So they will ask you how much of it you have, and they would ask you to say what you bring to the table.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Bloomingdale's in Jun 2016
Interview
Applied online, got an email the next day to schedule my interview which was a group interview. The group interview consisted of me, 1 other candidate and the HR manager. It was brief and straightforward, "why Bloomingdales...", "Tell me about yourself..." Etc. After first interview we was told we will be contacted in a week via email regarding the next steps. I got an email the next day from the manager of the department I applied to to set up a second interview. The second interview I was interviewed by the department manager while the executive manager watched over the interview. The questions was more customer service/past experience "Tell me a time when..." questions. Nothing to difficult, you don't have to give specifics incidents to all the questions just general everyday situations at your past work place. After the questions they discussed my availability, and what the position is. When the interview was over they asked me to wait while they go discuss with the HR Manager and they came back and offered me the job. Process took a week.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about time where you was not able to make a sale and why? And how did you improve?
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Bloomingdale's (Pasadena, CA)
Interview
It was a pretty fast process. I applied online, got an email 1 week later to schedule a group interview.
Group interview was very laid back and friendly.
I was contacted the next day by the hiring
Am anger for a one on one interview, it was on the sales floor. I was asked about my experience, role played a little bit and then we went to the office and 15 min later and I was offered the job.
Bloomingdales Sales Professional applicants have rated the interview process at Bloomingdale's with 2.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 14% positive. To compare, the company-average is 60.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Bloomingdales Sales Professional roles take an average of 12 days to get hired, when considering 14 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Bloomingdale's overall takes an average of 14 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Bloomingdale's as a Bloomingdales Sales Professional according to 14 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 29%
Background check: 21%
Group panel interview: 13%
Skills test: 11%
Presentation: 8%
Personality test: 8%
Drug test: 5%
Other: 3%
Phone interview: 3%
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