Sales Associate/Cashier applicants have rated the interview process at Staples with 2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 63.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Sales Associate/Cashier roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 102 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Staples overall takes an average of 14 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Staples as a Sales Associate/Cashier according to 102 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 40%
Background check: 21%
Personality test: 10%
Skills test: 10%
Drug test: 7%
Presentation: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Phone interview: 3%
Other: 2%
Group panel interview: 1%
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I applied online. I interviewed at Staples in Nov 2015
Interview
I applied online and heard back about two weeks later. I got an interview for 3 days later. When I went in I was not sure where to go so I asked an employee who was rude and acted like I was an inconvenience. He called for the manager who took me back for the interview that he said he had forgotten about. The phone kept ringing during the interview and he seemed really stressed. He asked me a lot of questions and hard ones considering her knew it was my first interview and would be my first job. I felt very uncomfortable and made attempts to joke around and smile with nothing out of him. I thought I answered the questions well despite all that but never heard back.
Interview was super quick and casual. Mostly answering questions about my strengths and availability. It was about a 15-20 minute interview. The interviewer was transparent about how many other applicants there were.
Interview process was fairly easy consisting of just one interview with the manager. Questions were the typical / generic kind. Got a call back in decent time frame. Wouldn't sweat the process.
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Question 1
Can you talk a bit more about your customer service experience?
Contacted the company about a cashiering job. Was put in touch with the right person after a reasonable amount of time. Things seemed to go as expected. Nothing tricky about it.