I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Spencer Gifts
Interview
The manager had us interview in the middle of the mall and did not wear a mask... the lack of privacy definitely made me feel uncomfortable. Most of the questions were "what would you do in this situation" type of thing, I wish I was asked more about my previous experience. The manager interviewing me would move onto the next question before I even finished answering the question. I feel like I had much to share and wanted to show off so to speak and didn't get the opportunity to do that. All just weird and unprofessional and uncomfortable.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
How do I prevent internal and external shrink. Thought this was interesting and had never been asked that before in an interview.
I applied in-person. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Spencer Gifts (Christiansburg, VA) in Jun 2025
Interview
A series of questions regarding how well your leadership abilities and team-building skills will be asked in the interview, must interview with the store manager and the district manager before a decision is made.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you resolve a conflict between employees?
It was going ok until I felt like the district manager was interrogating which made me very uncomfortable. Left the interview feeling defeated which nominally doesn't happen. The store manager was pleasant but the district manager was not welcoming....
Assistant Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Spencer Gifts with 2.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 62% positive. To compare, the company-average is 69.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Assistant Manager roles take an average of 15 days to get hired, when considering 13 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Spencer Gifts overall takes an average of 11 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Spencer Gifts as a Assistant Manager according to 13 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 35%
Background check: 22%
Personality test: 14%
Skills test: 8%
Phone interview: 8%
Drug test: 5%
Group panel interview: 3%
Other: 3%
Presentation: 3%
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