Senior Assistant Buyer applicants have rated the interview process at JCPenney with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 83% positive. To compare, the company-average is 72.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Assistant Buyer roles take an average of 11 days to get hired, when considering 6 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at JCPenney overall takes an average of 13 days.
Common stages of the interview process at JCPenney as a Senior Assistant Buyer according to 6 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 30%
Drug test: 20%
Presentation: 20%
Group panel interview: 10%
One on one interview: 10%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Skills test: 5%
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I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at JCPenney (Plano, TX) in Aug 2017
Interview
I was contacted on Linked In by a HR contractor, we spoke on the phone and I was told she would follow up with next steps in a week. One week later she called to inform me budgets were under review and I wohld hear from here in another week. Well, a month later I was contacted by HR again for another phone interview. The contractor was no longer with the company but she left notes to move forward with me. Basic phone interview asking my background and behavioral questions. next steps were to host a Skype interview. It took another week to two weeks for the Skype call, I met with the buyers and the next day a HR busines partner called me. She told me she would be in touch. I was then brought to their Plano campus for a two hour interview with the VP GMM, buyer, and another HR business partner. Same behavioral questions were asked and the buyer I would be working for askd me personal questions more in depth, as we spoke on the Skype call Previously. I was told by hr i would hear something the next week. Three weeks later and one follow up email it's safe to assume I was not a viable candidate. I am fine it I wasn't a right fit for that pariticlar buyer but I have more than enough experience for the role and have worked at an Associate level before. It's just extremely unprofessional to not follow up or send a generic email declinging my candidancy if that's the case. Overall, they have been slow to respond and everyone in the organization moves at a glacial place but at this point, I have no other choice but to move on due to the lack of response from their team.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Name a time you had to work with a difficult personality?
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at JCPenney (Plano, TX) in Oct 2019
Interview
The interview was done in 3 segments; department manager, immediate manager and personnel. This gave the interviewee an opportunity to discuss a high level view of the position, ask job specific questions with the immediate manager and discuss personnel questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a high level view of the JCPenney store from a customer perspective.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at JCPenney (Dallas, TX) in Apr 2019
Interview
HR lady was very easy to get a hold of and was able to give feedback very fast. Interviews were 30 mins each. The questions asked were not too difficult, pretty easy to think of responses on the spot.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at JCPenney (Los Angeles, CA) in Jun 2018
Interview
I had an excellent experience with the interview process. I spoke with 4 buyers a VP as well as an HR Representative. The recruiting team was so helpful and was very responsive through the whole process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time you had s conflict with a colleague and how you resolved it.