Retail Management applicants have rated the interview process at Nordstrom with 2.8 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 73.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Retail Management roles take an average of 36 days to get hired, when considering 135 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 Management according to 135 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 24%
Group panel interview: 23%
One on one interview: 19%
Skills test: 9%
Personality test: 8%
Presentation: 6%
Background check: 6%
Other: 2%
Drug test: 2%
IQ intelligence test: 1%
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I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Nordstrom (Mission Viejo, CA) in Feb 2015
Interview
Applied online, was notified within a week requesting a video interview. After submitting the video interview, they emailed me about a week later requesting an in-person interview. Interviewed in-person the next month. They asked pretty standard interview questions. I had worked for Nordstrom as a sales associate previously so they asked a little about my experience there. Was surprised and disappointed to find out that the internship was basically a sales associate position with the title "internship" slapped onto it. I had taken a retail management course, and so I was hoping that the internship's purpose would be to actually teach you retail management skills through having you shadow managers, buyers, etc. From what the interviewer described, they essentially wanted you to work as a sales associate 80% of the time, but if I wanted to work as a sales associate I would have applied for that position, not a retail management intern. They told me they would let me know the decision by the end of the week, and called at the end of week to tell me that they were moving forward with other candidates.
Great!! It wasn’t too difficult at all the interview process was super smooth it was on higher view so it was virtual which I had never done but it definitely was a good change that I needed and it was great experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Basic questions which weren’t terrible!! Loved this interview!
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Nordstrom
Interview
I got an email to come in for the on site interview. The first round, they ask you behavioral questions and few challenging questions. Then I moved to a different room where I had to do on spot sales.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a time when a customer was mad and how you resolved it
One in person interview that lasted about 30 minutes. Many behavioral questions and questions regarding your resume. A few situational questions about what you would do on the sales floor.