Stylist applicants have rated the interview process at Nordstrom with 2.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 81% positive. To compare, the company-average is 73.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Stylist roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 36 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 Stylist according to 36 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 36%
Phone interview: 24%
Group panel interview: 8%
Presentation: 6%
Other: 6%
Drug test: 6%
Skills test: 6%
Background check: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
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I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Nordstrom (Ottawa, ON) in Oct 2016
Interview
Department managers conduct the interview. It's quite long, about 2 pages worth of written questions and they take notes on your responses. They ask about your personal style, your understanding of sales techniques, of fashion in general, words to describe you, etc. The interview process often does proceed negatively or positively based on how much you and the interviewer(s) like each other right off the bat.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you were not meeting your sales goals, what would you do to try to increase your UPT (units per transaction)?
It was a speed hiring event where they brought a group of candidates into a room and each person met with a department manager for about 10 minutes. It sounds messy but it seemed pretty effective.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They placed a garment in front of me and asked me to sell it to them as if they were a customer.
It was not a lengthy interview process. Most of the interview questions were related to any prior retail & customer service experience. There were a few scenario based questions regarding customer engagement and customer service, etc.
There was none. The links to schedule the interview never worked. I emailed and no one ever responded even though I constantly got emails reminding me to schedule an interview - the links never worked and there was no one to contact. Not sure how anyone was hired.