I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Books-A-Million (Biloxi, MS) in Mar 2012
Interview
I applied online and heard back the next Monday [when I was told they do their interviews]. He wanted me to come in that day for an interview. I said okay. I went in early and waited about 20 minutes. We went into a backroom and sat down. He asked me some basic questions: "Tell me about yourself.", "Tell me about your employment experience."
He asked about my availability and told me that it was just a basic cashier type position and that it was minimum wage.
He told me about the membership card and how my job would basically be riding on how many I could sell, which as any logical person would know is based around random chance.
Then he handed me his pen and told me to "sell it to him". Some other employees had made their way into the backroom and were shuffling through the fridge and interrupted at this point and said that I could literally make up anything. So I did. He went for it and I guess liked it. I was kind of stumbling on that one because I didn't see it coming at all.
Then he asked me if my email address was correct. He was going to go ahead and send me an email that would include a link to an electronic background check. Once I finished it I should give him a call back.
I went home and finished it and left a message with someone for him.
The whole interview itself was very short. There weren't any competency questions or "what would you do if" questions. They were just questions about my application. Very simple. Just be creative if you have to sell the interviewer their pen. My pitch involved rainbows. Just saying.
I had a one on one meeting with the store Manager and we ran through a few questions ranging from general work ethic to particular interest in working at a book shop.
I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Books-A-Million (East Stroudsburg, PA) in Aug 2016
Interview
The interview went really well. The manager was friendly and made sure to make me feel comfortable as this was my first interview. We talked about my favorite books and areas of interest and what my duties would be if I were hired. Overall, it was a pleasant experience.
I applied online. I interviewed at Books-A-Million (Virginia Beach, VA) in Aug 2016
Interview
Pleasant. Lasted approximately thirty minutes. Asked several leading questions: why did I think I would be good in this position; why did I want to work in this position; did I think I could do this position.
Cashier applicants have rated the interview process at Books-A-Million with 1.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 75% positive. To compare, the company-average is 58.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Cashier 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 Books-A-Million overall takes an average of 12 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Books-A-Million as a Cashier according to 9 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 40%
Background check: 25%
Phone interview: 10%
Drug test: 5%
Group panel interview: 5%
Skills test: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Other: 5%
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