Handbag Sales Associate applicants have rated the interview process at Nordstrom with 2.6 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 40% positive. To compare, the company-average is 73.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Handbag Sales Associate roles take an average of 7 days to get hired, when considering 5 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Nordstrom overall takes an average of 14 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Nordstrom as a Handbag Sales Associate according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 33%
One on one interview: 25%
Drug test: 17%
Group panel interview: 8%
Background check: 8%
IQ intelligence test: 8%
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I applied online. I interviewed at Nordstrom in May 2013
Interview
Very routine- phone interview- called me in the same day to do in person interview- it was clear they were desperate for an employee. I was called with a job offer 48 hours later. I began training (one day) exactly two weeks after the job offer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Basic Customer service questions
Describe a difficult customer you had to deal with and how you fixed the problem?
Why do you want to work at nordstrom?
(selects an item) sell me this handbag?
I applied online. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Nordstrom (Newport Beach, CA) in Sep 2017
Interview
Overall good quick and to the point interview. I knew my product and was contacted quickly with application status and job offer. We walked through the store in my interview with the department manager, they asked me questions on the product and my experience.
I applied for the position and received a call from the HR department for the specific store I applied to. We set up a time for a phone interview. The phone interview was about 15 minutes long. I then got a second interview with the department manager face-to-face. A day after the interview the manager called and offered me the position.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Nordstrom (Aventura, FL) in May 2016
Interview
Pretty simple interview process, I applied online, received an email 2 days later, had a phone interview the day after then and in-person interview and an interview with the store manager.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The store manager Brandon Gross will ask "do you know what we do here at Nordstrom"