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 (Wilkesboro, NC) in Apr 2015
Interview
The lady was very nice and cordial. I was nervous as I hadn't interviewed in quite sometime so I was rusty. She asked some very practical questions which I thought were strong questions to ask. I had rather wordy answers however; strong answers.
Afterwards my overall impression I got is that I knocked it out of the park. I did not think I did well but the Interviewer made it seem like I was a shoe win. They actually contacted me upfront before I even was able to log back on and finish my application online.
She told me that the next step was to interview with I'm assuming her boss and I was told she is very busy and was not going to be back into the store for almost 2 solid weeks because she is dealing with family matters. I told her I completely understood and family comes first. In the back of my mind I felt 2 weeks was a little ridiculous but I digress.
I left the store and I never received any response back after that 2 week period. I decided to call and follow up. I heard people talking in the background about me as I was on the phone trying to get rid of me. She fed me some lie and we ended the call. It was very strange as I was pretty much all but hired as far as I was concerned and my friends and family were happy to hear it. I was left with a very bad taste in my mouth.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
In the event a customer was buying a computer how would you go about convincing them to buy one of them here at Staples? What are some questions you would ask the customer to help sell a computer.
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.
Interview questions [1]
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.