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      Assistant Category Manager Interview

      Sep 8, 2014
      Anonymous employee
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. The process took 6 months. I interviewed at Guitar Center

      Interview

      Phone interview with recruiter Then phone interview with HR Mgr Then interview with Category Manager in person for 1 hour Then come back and interview with VP OF Dept for 1 hour

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      What would you do individually or collectively to grow your categories?
      1 Answer

      Guitar Center interviews FAQs

      • Assistant Category Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Guitar Center with 4 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 63% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
      • Candidates applying for Assistant Category Manager roles take an average of 180 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Guitar Center overall takes an average of 16 days.
      • Common stages of the interview process at Guitar Center as a Assistant Category Manager according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:

        Background check:  25%

        Group panel interview:  25%

        Phone interview:  25%

        One on one interview:  25%

      • Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -

        1. Sales Associate(598) ;
        2. Operations Associate(86) ;
        3. Store Manager(82) ;
        4. Instructor(75) ;
        5. Lessons Lead(70) ;
        6. Assistant Manager(61) ;
        7. Gear Advisor(57) ;
        8. Retail Sales Associate(57) ;
        9. Customer Service Manager(47) ;
        10. Operations Manager(44) ;
        11. Department Manager(40) ;
        12. Sales(36) ;
        13. Repair Technician(34) ;
        14. Customer Service Manager (CSM)(28) ;
        15. Operations(28) .


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