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      Retail Sales Interview

      Apr 21, 2014
      Anonymous employee
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Nordstrom in Apr 2014

      Interview

      The phone interview was about 15 minutes and they ask you basic interview questions, and situational questions.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Name a time when your work was compared to someone elses work and how did you handle it?
      Answer question
      2

      Other Retail Sales Interview Reviews for Nordstrom

      Retail Sales Interview

      Mar 6, 2022
      Anonymous employee
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Nordstrom in Mar 2022

      Interview

      I applies on February 5th, 2022 for a full time position as a Retail Sales Associate for the Women's Apparel department at Nordstrom. I was emailed March 1st, 2022 about a phone interview with someone. My phone interview was scheduled for the next day, March 2nd, 2022. I was literally asked 5 questions and we had a very comfortable and fun chat about selling abilities, work history, competition in the work place, and my personal life. She called back the next day, March 3rd, 2022 and had spoken with the specific hiring manager for the Nordstrom location I applied to. They loved my interview responses and offered me the position. My first day of training in a few days from now, March 8th, 2022 at 9AM. I am very excited and I was glad that I only had to have the one interview. I know in the past it has been 2-3, or sometimes even 4 separate interviews before an offer is made.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Why did you want to work in this department specifically? What is your past experience with selling goals? What do you think is important when it comes to customer service? How do you deal with relationships with your coworkers? How would you deal with achieving selling goals during slow business times?
      1 Answer

      Retail Sales Interview

      Mar 20, 2020
      Anonymous employee
      Seattle, WA
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Nordstrom (Seattle, WA) in Aug 2018

      Interview

      I contacted the company’s recruiter through LinkedIn and she set an interview with the hiring manager. First interview was over the phone: I was asked questions on information from my resume: experience, knowledge, skills; Second interview was in person: on ability to work as a part of the team, your personality, attitude, motivational skills. Manager was friendly, overall process was pleasant. The timing from contacting recruiter to the hiring moment was around 2-3 weeks

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      What are your biggest challenges?
      Answer question

      Retail Sales Interview

      Feb 21, 2018
      Anonymous employee
      Accepted offer
      Neutral experience

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Nordstrom

      Interview

      One manager brought me into the interview room where another interview was taking place with a different manager. I was offered a position, albeit a different one than I applied to, right after the first interview.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      "Describe a time where you had to overcome a challenge"
      Answer question

      Nordstrom interviews FAQs

      • Retail Sales applicants have rated the interview process at Nordstrom with 2.7 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 73.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
      • Candidates applying for Retail Sales roles take an average of 10 days to get hired, when considering 21 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 Retail Sales according to 21 Glassdoor interviews include:

        One on one interview:  31%

        Phone interview:  29%

        Background check:  14%

        Personality test:  8%

        Drug test:  8%

        Presentation:  6%

        Group panel interview:  2%

        Other:  2%

      • Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -

        1. Sales Associate(4914) ;
        2. Retail Sales Associate(835) ;
        3. Department Manager(473) ;
        4. Customer Service Representative(451) ;
        5. Commissioned Sales Associate(449) ;
        6. Sales(374) ;
        7. Salesperson(357) ;
        8. Assistant Manager(331) ;
        9. Cosmetics Counter Manager(331) ;
        10. Assistant Department Manager(269) ;
        11. Logistics Processor(248) ;
        12. Service Experience Representative(229) ;
        13. Manager(213) ;
        14. Sales Representative(184) ;
        15. Stylist(181) .


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