Education Lead applicants have rated the interview process at Sephora with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 75% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Education Lead roles take an average of 22 days to get hired, when considering 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Sephora overall takes an average of 18 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Sephora as a Education Lead according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Drug test: 33%
One on one interview: 33%
Presentation: 17%
Phone interview: 17%
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I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Sephora (New York, NY) in Sep 2013
Interview
I went through a 4 step interview process
1. Assistant manager
2. another store general manager
3. General manager at my store
4. District manager
It was a smooth process and the questions were fairly easy (as long as you are experienced in management). They were all extremely friendly and easy to talk with.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time you had a difficult employee that did not take feed back well. How did you handle that situation and what was the outcome?
Applied from my skincare lead role and interviewed with my store manager. From there we talked about what the job would look like and discussed the opportunity to leverage my manager expertise for this new role
I applied in-person. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Sephora (Denver, CO) in Jan 2014
Interview
About 3-4 interviews with separate managers ie: Store manager, district trainer, district manager. If you are a current employee you will have to prepare your previous reviews and present them in the interview. Talk about your goals and your opportunities and how you plan to overcome/ reach them those goals.