I applied and a week later they called to schedule an interview. The first interview was pretty low key, she asked me to describe my personal style, what brands I like, how often do I shop, and which stores I liked to shop at the most. At the end, she brought out a rack of various clothing and asked me to pick the ones we would buy and the ones we would not buy. Luckily I got them all correct. Then she scheduled the second interview for a couple days later with a different manager. This interview was a lot more intensive. My first task was to pick out three blouses I thought would be hard to sell, and three that would sell fast. Once I picked them out, she brought me back to the office and I had to explain to her each garment I chose and why I thought they would or wouldn’t be fast sellers. Then began the questions, there were quite a few. Stuff like “tell me about a time when you displayed great customer service” and a slew of other questions about fashion and how you handle yourself when providing great customer service to ornery guests. The hardest question was choose 3 current trends and how they differ from last year. I answered “chunky shoes, wide legged pants, and sweats becoming more prevalent in fashion than just loungewear.

They called me a few weeks after I applied, only asked me a couple questions. One of them was "why should we hire you?" Went in for a second interview, first they asked me to go through the dresses and pick out three things that I thought would sell quickly and three that I thought would not sell quickly. Then I showed those to the hiring manager and explained my reasoning. She asked me a few more questions after that, mostly about how I would describe my style and clothing trend knowledge. After that, she asked for one reference for a former employer and scheduled me for a final interview which is happening in a couple days.