I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Nordstrom (San Jose, CA) in Aug 2013
Interview
One phone interview, and three in-person interviews on the same day. The phone interview consisted in a focus of details in my resume. The in-person interview was with the assistant department manager, the department manager, and the store manager.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is a situation where you had to work with a team? How did that turn out?
Really long for a retail interview- about an hour and a half. In-depth questions about work experience and my personality and morals. Interviewer was really laid back tho and really chill
I applied online. I interviewed at Nordstrom (West Hartford, CT) in May 2019
Interview
Basic questions but then you had to do a styling scenario where you pick out a few outfits for the interviewer. They tell you on the spot if you got the job unless you didn’t do a good job they’ll probably say they’ll call you
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Nordstrom (Austin, TX) in Sep 2015
Interview
Takes a long time to get hired. Had to go through four interviews to get the job. The questions were thought but they really want to weed out the good sales people from the so-so.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What was your greatest sales experience and how did you make it special for the customer.
Women's Sales Associate 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 63% positive. To compare, the company-average is 73.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Women's Sales Associate roles take an average of 21 days to get hired, when considering 8 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 Women's Sales Associate according to 8 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 24%
Phone interview: 24%
Background check: 16%
Group panel interview: 12%
Personality test: 8%
Drug test: 4%
Skills test: 4%
Presentation: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
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