I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at JCPenney (Syracuse, NY) in Apr 2016
Interview
I was first given an initial phone screening interview with the store manager and then given an in person interview with an out of town Sephora inside JC Penny manager. The in person interview lasted about 45 minutes and the phone interview was about 25 minutes. It is important to have questions prepared for them and to practice your interview responses in advance. I felt as if both interviews went very well, but I was upset with the fact that during the interview they could not give me an answer as to what the hourly pay or salary would be but instead danced around the question. The store manager nor the Sephora manager gave me any information on what the starting pay would be but only mentioned that there would be an opportunity for bonuses and that Sephora does not work off of commission.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What experience do you have coaching or educating others?
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at JCPenney
Interview
It was lengthy, had to interview with the operations manager, beauty manager, field education manager, and someone else and took about 3 weeks from start to finish. Its very important to ask questions at the end to show interest. My favorite is 'what would be the best quality for me to excel in the position?'
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What Interested me most about working for Sephora.
I applied online. I interviewed at JCPenney (Richmond, VA) in Feb 2017
Interview
I first had to go through a group interview which was held by the stores general manager. after this I was moved on to a one on one interview with the store manager. I was then given a 3rd interview with the field manager of the sephora inside of jcpenny for our region. Next i was given a 4th interview with the education manager for our region. After 4 interviews and three weeks of waiting I was finally hired on.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
tell me about a time you went above and beyond to meet a customers expectations. what did you say and do?
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at JCPenney in Jun 2016
Interview
I had two interviews, the first one with the store leader and the second with the general manager. Both of them were very kind. The process was very quick.