Sales Associate applicants have rated the interview process at Clinique with 2.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 25% positive. To compare, the company-average is 69.2% 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 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Clinique overall takes an average of 13 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Clinique as a Sales Associate according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 50%
Phone interview: 25%
Drug test: 13%
Personality test: 13%
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Clinique (Manchester, England) in May 2011
Interview
Very relaxed, made me feel at ease. Usually interviews take place in store or within a starbucks. Area manager usually interviews you, sales experience is usually required and I had my beauty therapy too which helped.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Experience, qualities, skills, current employment.
The interview was a calm process, it was interactive and there was a good flow between the interviewer and myself . They asked me questions and showed genuine interest in my answers as well as being really open to any questions I had for them.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What would you plan on counter in order to achieve your target
Challenging but straight forward. I was nervous to especially for the video interviews questions as it was more difficult having to watch myself on the screen. The in person interview was great, very friendly and approachable
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time you demonstrated being a team player
I applied online. I interviewed at Clinique (Harrogate, England) in Aug 2017
Interview
An online interview followed up by an in person interview. The interviewer was very friendly and the interview was relaxed but informative. The actual interview took around an hour but that is because we ended up chatting about other things as well as the questions.