I applied in-person. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Build-A-Bear (Manchester, England) in Oct 2013
Interview
The First interview was one to one and was pretty simple she asked me why I applied what I like about Build a Bear and what qualities I could bring to the shop. she then gave me a scenario about the shop being busy and what would I do. She said I got through the first interview and she would call about the group interview I got a call 2 days later about the group interview in the next week. In the group interview we all sat in the store room she asked us to tell her about our selves and something funny then she put us into pairs to do a task. we had to create a voice message for a bear as a Christmas present to a 5 year old . My partner kept saying "I'm not good at this" so I did all the work. she then took us to the shop floor and showed us round. At the end she gave us each a heart from the bears and said what could you say to do with this we all said things like rub on your ear so its a good listener or on their knee so it doesn't fall over. She let us keep the hearts and made me and another girl stay behind. she told me that she knew how hard I tried with the other girl not doing any of the work and said she would definitely call me on Monday .. Unfortunately it is now Tuesday night and I still have no phonecall which is highly upsetting
Standard interview process, only I feel like they told me too much information about current employees, and to not even give me the second interview they said they would reach out to me for.
I applied in-person. I interviewed at Build-A-Bear (Stratford, London, England)
Interview
Group Interview with around 14-20 young girls, very awkward. Had to do group activities, was given hints that I’d get a call back and heard nothing from them. Also the first thing we were asked to do was SING our favourite karaoke song which was very awkward and some good candidates lost points because of that alone,
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
No direct question just how would you sell different campaigns
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Build-A-Bear (Greenville, SC) in May 2025
Interview
Started with one of the 2 managers asking general questions to gauge personality, likability, individual traits/characteristics/habits, and the way you interact with others. 2nd portion of interview was an online assessment with basic questions to make sure you are not a criminal or morally incapable of taking up the position. 3rd portion was the other manager asking more about your passions/hobbies/personal background, and then discussing availability, wage expectations, dress code, etc. The whole interview lasted around 45 minutes.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What are some ways that you like to have fun with your friends?