I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Books-A-Million (Kokomo, IN) in Feb 2011
Interview
I applied online and went into the store a couple days later to check on my application. they told me that they were pulling some apps and that mine looked good. i got a call a couple days later to have an interview. the interview was in the cafe' and it was with two of the managers. i was asked very easy questions such as: favorite band, favorite book, why books-a-million? i haven't heard back from them yet, it was about a week ago.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Books-A-Million (Louisville, KY) in Aug 2025
Interview
Quick phone call to set up time. In person interview in back room. Didn’t ask many questions mainly talked about selling their rewards program. Person seemed interested to be doing the interview.
Easy standard questions know about About the company. need a business plan 30/60/90 . It was about a 2 week process. Had multiple interviews and a panel interview . Final interview in Atlanta
Sales Associate applicants have rated the interview process at Books-A-Million with 1.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 59% positive. To compare, the company-average is 58.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Sales Associate roles take an average of 9 days to get hired, when considering 43 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 Sales Associate according to 43 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 26%
Background check: 22%
Group panel interview: 11%
Personality test: 11%
Skills test: 9%
Presentation: 6%
Drug test: 6%
Phone interview: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
Other: 1%
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