I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Bloomingdale's (San Francisco, CA) in Jul 2016
Interview
Very straight forward interview such as asking about previous experience working with customers, customer service, team work, challenges, ability to work under pressure, and even did a role play scenario while reading from a script.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Are you comfortable with a competitive work environment (draw vs salary; commission based salary, meaning you're competing with other sales associates)?
Straight forward as expected. Tell me about yourself, why are you interested in this role, what makes you a good fit for this role, how would you deal with a challenging customer, what is your favorite brand/designer, how would you uphold the Bloomingdales standard?
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Bloomingdale's
Interview
Started with a simple overview of my past experience, mainly walking through my CV. The hiring manager was friendly and made the conversation feel comfortable, and the interview was straightforward, structured, and easy to follow overall.
it was a seamless and easy interview process. this was several years ago so it may be different now but overall not difficult. there were about 2-3 rounds of interviews
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
general interview questions, tell me about yourself etc
Sales Associate applicants have rated the interview process at Bloomingdale's with 2.2 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 60.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Sales Associate roles take an average of 7 days to get hired, when considering 270 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 Sales Associate according to 270 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 32%
Group panel interview: 14%
Background check: 13%
Skills test: 9%
Personality test: 8%
Phone interview: 8%
Presentation: 6%
Drug test: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Other: 2%
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