Seasonal Sales Associate applicants have rated the interview process at Macy's with 2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 69% positive. To compare, the company-average is 63.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Seasonal Sales Associate roles take an average of 6 days to get hired, when considering 597 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Macy's overall takes an average of 10 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Macy's as a Seasonal Sales Associate according to 597 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 49%
Personality test: 12%
Background check: 9%
Phone interview: 8%
Skills test: 7%
Presentation: 6%
Drug test: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Group panel interview: 2%
Other: 1%
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I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Macy's (New York, NY) in Nov 2009
Interview
I filled out an application online and received an invitation to an in-person interview. This included a personality test which, of course, the ideal way to answer is to pretend you've never even thought of doing a dishonest thing nor had an original thought in your entire life.
This was a cattle call, and I had to wait hours with many other people, watching a company video that included bits of "Miracle on 34th Street" -- it was a Christmas season job -- to finally be interviewed. The interview itself was painless, and I was hired. I don't remember if they did a background check or not. Probably.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I don't remember any questions being either unexpected or especially difficult.
I did a walk-in job interview during the hiring job fair. I applied for the job on their computer kiosk. Then they put me in for an interview on the same day.
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Macy's (Houston, TX) in Dec 2025
Interview
Answer first question starting with One recorded video and then followed up with multiple recorded responses to additional questions. Pretty simple and straightforward. Dress up on the top and wear whatever on the bottom.
Was an easy phone interview that only took a couple of minutes. I was only asked maybe 3 questions at most. Questions were sales experience, job history, and what I can work