Beauty Advisor applicants have rated the interview process at Sephora with 2.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 73% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Beauty Advisor roles take an average of 12 days to get hired, when considering 250 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 Beauty Advisor according to 250 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 35%
Skills test: 15%
Group panel interview: 11%
Phone interview: 11%
Background check: 10%
Personality test: 6%
Presentation: 5%
Drug test: 4%
Other: 2%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
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I applied in-person. The process took 6 days. I interviewed at Sephora (New York, NY) in Jun 2012
Interview
Filled out an application and gave in a resume; was called a few days later for a group interview. This was in the 34th street herald square NYC location. I am an experienced freelance makeup artist and showed up to the interview with well applied makeup displaying my skills. I was interviewed along with three other girls and two hiring managers. The interview lasted no longer than fifteen minutes. We are asked a question and each of us gave our answers one by one. I believe I evoked the fact that I am passionate about what I do and would be a good candidate. I was a bit nervious which is normal, but still gave great answers judging by the impressed look I received by both women after answering a particular question. The interview ended by reviewing our applications for any editing and we were told we would hear back in about a week and a half since the hiring managers were leaving the state for an event or something. Never got a call back for some strange reason and am not bothering with sephora ever again after that wasteful experience; even after the 42nd street location tried setting up an interview with me numerous times. They obviously don't want to hire anyone that is potentially better than them.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Talk about a troubled time in the workplace and what you did about it.
Call to talk to HR and they will have a simple chat with you. Thereafter will likely be known the outcome of the interview by the recruiter. Interview process is straightforward with not much fuss from company side.
Multi person interview. Be very open and personable. Focused a lot on client scenarios and personality. Have fun and ask questions that show interest. Be attentive and honest. Speak about what you would like to learn from the company and growth. Ask about ways to be an addition to the team and how things are handled at that location.
I went in for an in person interview. they had me do makeup on another beauty advisor. I had to do a daytime look and make a change to it that turned it into a nighttime look. Then after they saw my work they had me sit down in a room. we talked with manager Francia and she was lovely. we spoke about where I was in life and we discussed why I needed a job.