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%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Other: 2%
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I applied online. I interviewed at Sephora (Los Angeles, CA) in Oct 2014
Interview
I applied online took a couple weeks to get a call back for the group interview. The group interview feels more like you applied for jcpenney's rather than Sephora they have you work in a group in the lower level of Jcpenney then use these blocks to build one of the images they show you one person goes up at a time, and has 30 seconds to look at the image. After looking at the image the person must direct their group what to build but can not help with the blocks only speaks. After this we had to go to the Jcpenney floor and try to sell items to the manager of sephora, manager of jc penney, and a worker from sephora but none of these items were makeup only jc penney apparel. There is no emphasis on makeup when interviewing for a sephora inside jcpenney.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Only question that was asked "What is your favorite makeup product?"
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.