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. The process took 7 weeks. I interviewed at Staples (Rancho Cordova, CA) in Apr 2016
Interview
You have to apply online. Once you pass the assessment, your application is sent to the hiring store that you applied for. The manager called me for an interview a month after I applied. We played a bit of phone tag before an interview was scheduled. The interview was professional but comfortable. The position was described to me, as well as store values & expectations. At the end of the interview I was offered the job, and the manager sent me a link in my email to agree to a background check. After the background check went through (about two weeks), I was asked to go back to the store for orientation (paperwork), and then I was given my schedule. It was a long hiring process, but it wasn't inconvenient otherwise.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Are you comfortable selling?
Do you have any cash-handling experience?
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.