Bloomingdale's Sales Manager In Training interview questions

applied online and was contacted by hr soon after. super unorganized interview process. had to travel to chicago and come in i believe 5 different times to meet everyone and be interviewed by them. By the time i was interviewed by the head hr manager we sat down, she opened my file and asked me what position i was interviewing for because she didn't even know! And as if that wasn't bad enough, after I told her I was interviewing for SMT, she goes on to tell me that oh well unfortunately I just filled all the SMT positions (whyyy was I there then I have no idea). When all was said and done, I was offered a Specialist position with the promise that opportunities to become SMT would arise quickly in the future. LIE. after working there for about 10 months and being completely miserable I finally quit because this company is the definition of micro-management and you will have absolutely no life if you work there. I couldnt even get a simple weekend off for my siblings wedding.

I interviewed with a HR person and a store manager in 2 separate 1:1 interviews. The questions were pretty random and the interview lasted for about 45mins. After which I had to return for an interview with another manager in a week. Questions were: Why do you want to want for Bloomingdale, they asked a lot about retail experience so that's definitely important. . The store itself is not very busy so you won't have to worry about a rush of customers. People seemed very polite and warm. The second interview consisted of a personality/compatibility questionnaire which was administered by the interviewer.