Sales Associate applicants have rated the interview process at NIKE with 2.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 80% positive. To compare, the company-average is 74.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Sales Associate roles take an average of 13 days to get hired, when considering 218 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at NIKE overall takes an average of 23 days.
Common stages of the interview process at NIKE as a Sales Associate according to 218 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 24%
Phone interview: 17%
Background check: 12%
One on one interview: 10%
Drug test: 8%
Skills test: 8%
Presentation: 7%
Personality test: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Other: 1%
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I applied in-person. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at NIKE (Carlsbad, CA) in Sep 2018
Interview
Be prepared to answer questions about Nike product, your passion about Nike, what you want to gain from this experience. Also be prepared to be put into a position in trying to sell to a customer.
online, easy to answer, automated questions that revolved around customer services, things about being apart of a group or helping a challenging customer/teammate, just be prepared to answer about general interest in the company
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Name a time where you helped a challenging consumer/teammate?
I applied online. I interviewed at NIKE in Jul 2026
Interview
Group interview process in which myself and about 20 other candidates were invited to. Asked us all to present to introduce ourselves, then we were put into groups to answer retail related questions
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Time we had good customer service, what was it
2. Questions we may ask customers in different areas of the store
La entrevista grupal constó de 6 personas. Comenzamos con una actividad de papiroflexia para evaluar el trabajo en equipo mientras nos presentábamos y compartíamos nuestras cualidades. Después respondimos preguntas sobre resolución de problemas en tienda con alto volumen de clientes y capacidad de organización.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Actividades en grupo, cómo resolver problemas en equipo, y cualidades de cada persona.