Merchant Assistant applicants have rated the interview process at Bloomingdale's with 2.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 29% positive. To compare, the company-average is 60.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Merchant Assistant roles take an average of 6 days to get hired, when considering 9 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 Merchant Assistant according to 9 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 39%
Skills test: 33%
IQ intelligence test: 11%
Personality test: 11%
Phone interview: 6%
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I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Bloomingdale's (New York, NY) in Jan 2012
Interview
I got an email saying that they wanted me to come in for an interview at their Human Resources department in NYC. I had to log on to the account made when you apply and pick from a list of set times on a certain date. You can not pick another date. Times are also first-come first-serve.
When you go, you sit in a waiting room with little rooms and offices all around specifically for interviews. You wait with about ten other people waiting to be interviewed. Interview questions were ALL behavioral. "Tell me about a time you had a disagreement with an employee and how you dealt with it." "Tell me about your most demanding manager and how you dealt with it." Etc etc.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Tell me about a time you had a disagreement with an employee and how you dealt with it.
I was first contacted by email and had to take set of tests which included critical thinking,retail math anc probelm solving questions. Few days later, I was contacted by HR and called in for a interview.