I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Sears (Canoga Park, CA) in May 2014
Interview
Received a phone call for an interview. Went the next day and they didn't know there was a scheduled appointment with me. The person I was suppose to interview with was not there or they decided I needed to interview with someone else. It was a store manager and the cashier manager that I interviewed with. They hadn't read through my profile and asked me to tell them about my resume. Once they found out that I am currently working for another retail company they were curious about my work experience there. As I had explained my experience the cashier manager was very rude and decided to take it upon herself to tell me what is different about their company. Honestly, it felt like she was telling me why Sears was better than the company I currently work for. I had stated my reason for applying at their position was that my current job was seasonal other than that there was no bad reviews about the company I am currently working for. However, she was very pushy, competitive, and out right obnoxious. Lastly, she out right told me that customer service didn't matter because they depended on getting people to pay with their sears credit cards. It is understandable to acknowledge that companies love consumers that use their credit cards, but to out right say that customer service does not matter really isn't the company I want to work for. She really gave me a bad vibe about the work environment and also about herself when I would be working under her supervision.
Took like 20 mins. Very easy but questions seemed random. It also seemed like management had no idea they had interviews scheduled cuz there were several of us waiting for a long time
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Fill application form to apply and wait few days before submitting it to the company. Had to provide personal documents and references from previous employers. Initially was interviewed on a phone.
Cashier applicants have rated the interview process at Sears with 2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 56% positive. To compare, the company-average is 54.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Cashier roles take an average of 7 days to get hired, when considering 484 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Sears overall takes an average of 13 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Sears as a Cashier according to 484 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 33%
Drug test: 18%
Background check: 18%
Skills test: 10%
Personality test: 10%
Phone interview: 3%
Group panel interview: 3%
Presentation: 3%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Other: 1%
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