I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Ethan Allen (Boca Raton, FL) in May 2020
Interview
In person with store manager and design coordinator. Then design appointment another day to design and draw a room space and meet with manager. Third part of interview was another day to meet the regional sales manager.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Ethan Allen (Houston, TX) in Feb 2025
Interview
Takes a while but pretty straight forward -apply on line , interview in store then do a design exercise project to present to management. Background checks and other paperwork takes a while to complete until you finally get started
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How many large projects have you completed? How long have you been in interior design
Design exercise creating a space for a fictitious client with an in person presentation. Able to pull ff&e for the presentation, which was given virtually as well as in store.
Designer applicants have rated the interview process at Ethan Allen with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Designer roles take an average of 15 days to get hired, when considering 6 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Ethan Allen overall takes an average of 27 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Ethan Allen as a Designer according to 6 Glassdoor interviews include:
Background check: 17%
Presentation: 17%
Drug test: 17%
One on one interview: 13%
Skills test: 13%
Phone interview: 9%
IQ intelligence test: 9%
Other: 4%
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