I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Sears (Hoffman Estates, IL) in Jul 2010
Interview
Applied online at least a dozen times for all sorts of finance jobs. Finally got a phone interview. Went ok. They brought me in 6 days later. I consider that prompt. Had an interview with 5 people, 45 minutes each... This was the first company that did not even offer me a glass a water in the entire 4 hours.. The hiring manager interviewed asking very detailed behavioral questions. The other ones did not ask questions too specific, just chatting.... One Director was chewing a gum and staring at his laptop screen the entire time..- how unprofessional.... They told me they would get back to me in a week.. I followed up after 1 week, after 2 weeks and after 3 weeks. Dead silence... Finally, after 4 weeks got an automated reply that I did not the job.. No explanation why... Overall, very poor experience. No respect for candidates.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Give me an example of how you handle conflict at work and whether you had any conflicts with your boss.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Sears (San Francisco, CA) in Apr 2012
Interview
After responding to six identical emails requesting information that was already on my resume, I was asked to take an assessment test that took about an hour.
There was absolutely no follow up, positive or negative, after that.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
What is/was your current/last responsibilities? Please do not cut and paste from the body of the resume.
Candidates applying for Finance roles take an average of 37 days to get hired, when considering 3 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 Finance according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Personality test: 29%
Skills test: 29%
Phone interview: 14%
IQ intelligence test: 14%
One on one interview: 14%
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