Sales Associate applicants have rated the interview process at Clarks with 1.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 77% positive. To compare, the company-average is 69.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Sales Associate roles take an average of 7 days to get hired, when considering 40 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Clarks overall takes an average of 10 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Clarks as a Sales Associate according to 40 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 40%
Background check: 14%
Phone interview: 10%
Personality test: 7%
Skills test: 7%
Other: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
Presentation: 4%
Group panel interview: 4%
Drug test: 3%
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Fairly straight forward interview questions, also asked to describe a shoe in how you’d sell it to a customer from first glance, the don’t expect you to know the ins and outs of the shoe but the obvious selling points
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tells us about a time you had to deal with a difficult customer
I interviewed at Clarks (Plymouth, England) in Jan 2026
Interview
informal. easy questions, wanted to get to know me and the value i brought to stores, why i wanted to work at clarks, my previous experience and how i work under pressured environments
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
informal. easy questions, wanted to get to know me and the value i brought to stores, why i wanted to work at clarks, my previous experience and how i work under pressured environments
You apply, get screened, then comes the interviews – maybe by phone, video, or in person. There might be tests, and then, fingers crossed, a final decision! So prepare for that!
a group interview where we had to sell a shoe to the interviewer.
Make sure to arrive early at this location as to attend the interview you have to ask a member of staff to let you into the back room