I applied online. I interviewed at Lowe's Home Improvement (Savannah, GA) in Oct 2015
Interview
Applied online and was called for a phone screen about a week later. Immediately after the phone screen, I was invited to come in for an in-person interview. I met the current HR manager and area HR manager, who asked me typocal situational-based questions ("tell me about a time...") and took notes on my answers. Interview went well, and I was called in to meet the store manager a few days later. The store manager told me some things about the store, including that there has been extremely high turnover, which I appreciated. I received a phone call the following business day from the area HR manager with a job offer. It was far below market value, especially considering its a 50+ hour/week position. I asked for information regarding the benefit package, she refused. I asked if we can talk about/negotiate the salary offer. She called back the next day and said the store manager sets the salary and won't budge. I declined the offer, even though it was a position I was initially very excited about. I would have taken it if we could have met on the middle on the salary, or went with the average for an HR manager, or even HR generalist, in the area.
I interviewed at Lowe's Home Improvement (Glasgow, Scotland)
Interview
Test interview and process During the interview, I introduced myself, answered questions about my experience, skills, and goals, and asked about the role and company. During the interview, I introduced myself, answered questions about my experience, skills, and goals, and asked about the role and company.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 5 months. I interviewed at Lowe's Home Improvement
Interview
I interviewed for a senior manager level Human Resources position with Lowes. I'm on the West Coast but most of the interview panel was on the East Coast so the zoom interviews started at 6:00 a.m. I interviewed with about 6 people and the interview process lasted almost 4 hours. While I was fine with the overall process, i got ZERO feedback after the interview was done. No communication from the recruiter, interviewers, etc (and I sent thank you notes as follow up). I didn't hear back from the position until 4 MONTHS later. Obviously I knew I wasn't getting the position by the time I heard back, but waiting that long to communicate with a final stage candidate is really unprofessional.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Lowe's Home Improvement (Lewistown, PA) in Mar 2021
Interview
They have a set of pre-arranged interview questions with a scoring system if candidates mention the key words (if you say trigger works like flexible, cooperation, teamwork, etc, you move into categories with more points). The candidate with the highest points is offered the position.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I honestly don't remember, but I know that if you are a sociopath, you can absolutely ace this interview because there are absolute right and wrong answers to give. Assistant Managers and Store Managers ask very similar questions, and they get so desperate to hire, especially in spring, that they just load people up with points to allow them to be hired.
Human Resources Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Lowe's Home Improvement with 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 52% positive. To compare, the company-average is 65.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Human Resources Manager roles take an average of 25 days to get hired, when considering 66 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Lowe's Home Improvement overall takes an average of 13 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Lowe's Home Improvement as a Human Resources Manager according to 66 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 17%
Skills test: 13%
Drug test: 13%
Background check: 13%
One on one interview: 13%
Group panel interview: 12%
Personality test: 10%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
Presentation: 3%
Other: 0%
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