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      IKEA interviews FAQs

      • Candidates applying for Retail Department Manager roles take an average of 42 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at IKEA overall takes an average of 19 days.
      • Common stages of the interview process at IKEA as a Retail Department Manager according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:

        Phone interview:  50%

        One on one interview:  50%

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

        1. Sales Associate(686) ;
        2. Cashier(419) ;
        3. Sales Co-Worker(412) ;
        4. Customer Service Representative(383) ;
        5. Customer Service(317) ;
        6. Sales(266) ;
        7. Visual Merchandiser(234) ;
        8. Interior Designer(224) ;
        9. Sales Coworker(220) ;
        10. Sales Assistant(207) ;
      Manager
      (187) ;
    • Warehouse Worker(169) ;
    • Vendeur(168) ;
    • Team Leader(165) ;
    • Goods Flow Co-worker(125) .
    • Retail Department Manager Interview

      Jul 31, 2022
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at IKEA

      Interview

      The interview process from initial contact to decision took almost 6 weeks. First interview was a brief phone conversation with a recruiter - typical recruiter conversation. Wasn’t able to regain contact with recruiter for a few weeks until being contacted about having an in person interview at the store. This first in person interview was a good experience - typical questions regarding leadership experience looking for STAR method answers. Was informed in the conversation I was moving to the final interview. Met with this manager a week later - a lot less formal of an interview with very non specific questions showing inconsistency in the process from manager to manager. Was informed I’d be informed of a decision within a week. This time came and gone, had to reach out to be informed I should know very early the following week. That time came and gone as well, and I unfortunately saw on job update on LinkedIn that a connection had received the role I had interviewed for and didn’t hear from IKEA until the very end of that week. Very long, drawn out process overall and wouldn’t apply again based on how the decision communication was handled.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Tell me about a difficult situation you’ve handled and what was the result
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