Senior Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Office Depot with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 57% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Manager roles take an average of 42 days to get hired, when considering 7 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Office Depot overall takes an average of 15 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Office Depot as a Senior Manager according to 7 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 25%
Background check: 20%
Group panel interview: 20%
Drug test: 15%
One on one interview: 10%
Personality test: 5%
Skills test: 5%
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I applied online. I interviewed at Office Depot (Signal Hill, CA) in Nov 2013
Interview
Applied for position online. Went through automated assessment which includes a few vague situational questions that left me unsure of what they were looking for. Received a call a couple weeks later from HR. The woman was screening for applicants that she felt were qualified to move on to a live interview. I was asked to come in after she confirmed that my profile fit the position. (To be honest, she seemed to be a bit of an 'air head'). Next interview was with someone from HR. Meeting was brief. Then met with an assistant general manager. He was well-rehearsed with canned questions regarding "what would you do if...?" and "when you made a mistake how did you fix it?" He didn't appear to be listening to my answers. In fact, most of the time I had to sit and listen to him brag about how successful he was and, basically, 'this place couldn't run without me' kind of attitude. I thought, "if this is the person I'm going to be reporting to, maybe I should just keep looking." The ego was too much. It's been a few weeks and I haven't heard back. And, in reality, I hope I don't.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you review the basic behavioral questions that most companies ask and have an experience to share you will be way ahead of the person that interviewed me. But be prepared to listen to a lot of egotistical bragging. It's unreal.
A difficult process with over 10 people involved. Everyone involved where professional and respected the process. Part of the process was creating and performing a presentation in front of a team.
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Office Depot in Nov 2018
Interview
Two recruiter interviews, due to recruiter turnover. One face to face with a four-person panel. Rapid-fire style, about an hour long. Very typical questions, based on role and prior experience. Nothing out of left-field.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
What's your approach to cross-functional leadership?
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Office Depot (Miami, FL) in Jan 2018
Interview
Annoying phone interview with the recruiter. As he was asking questions, he was banging away on his key board typing which made it extremely hard to concentrate. I could tell he didn't really want to be on the call and seemed very stressed. The entire call turned me off from wanting to be employed by the company. I truly believe the first interactions with an employee of the company can give you a good sense of the overall environment and culture. The recruiter even emphasized how the hiring manager had no time to train someone, so one had to come in the door and hit the floor running and because the employee in the current role was leaving that Friday, it was critical they get someone fast. This came across as a lack of planning on their part. The entire call was very disappointing.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Was asked confusing questions regarding hard and soft skills, but the way the recruiter asked the questions, I wasn't 100% sure how the recruiter wanted me to answer. It was like decoding a riddle. Not sure he really understood the difference between hard and soft skills.