Sales Associate applicants have rated the interview process at Petco with 1.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 65% positive. To compare, the company-average is 59.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Sales Associate roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 171 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Petco overall takes an average of 15 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Petco as a Sales Associate according to 171 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 31%
Background check: 15%
Group panel interview: 14%
Personality test: 11%
Drug test: 8%
Skills test: 8%
Phone interview: 5%
Presentation: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Other: 1%
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I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Petco
Interview
After reading reviews, I was surprised to see that my interview was one-on-one with the manager of the store. I got there about 10 minutes early and had to wait as the manager who was going to interview me was helping a customer. When the manager was finally done, she took me in the back break room to do the interview. The first half of the interview was the standard question and answer style of interview, the second half was more us talking together in a social way - about our lives and interests. The interview lasted about half an hour, we were interrupted a few times by employees coming back and asking questions which was a little distracting to me. I was a bit surprised and disappointed that after the interview I did not receive any feedback regarding the position at all, positive or negative.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a job that was stressful and how you dealt with it.
This started as an open group interview, that then moved to individual interviews. The group process happened in the front of the store, with the individual process moving to the office. Overall quick and painless.
It was pretty easy. The interviewer asks questions provided by Petco. My interview was short as the interviewer wanted it to go quick, but I don't believe this is the norm. Many questions are related to having a previous job.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Are there any animals you are uncomfortable handling?
It was easy just talk about how you are with animas. I had experience so I just talked about that and they were very happy to hear about it. So don’t worry