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Staples interviews FAQs
Business Consultant applicants have rated the interview process at Staples with 2.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 75% positive. To compare, the company-average is 63.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Business Consultant roles take an average of 20 days to get hired, when considering 4 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 Business Consultant according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 20%
Phone interview: 20%
One on one interview: 20%
IQ intelligence test: 10%
Personality test: 10%
Background check: 10%
Drug test: 5%
Group panel interview: 5%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Staples in May 2010
Interview
Very thorough process starting with on line, then taking a battery of tests. There was also a series of phone interviews starting with a Human Resources person and then meeting with another HR person. The next step was a group interview wth the director of the program and the area sales manager.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Wanted to know how i would build a team that did notreport to me.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Staples (Frisco, TX) in Apr 2009
Interview
-Good initial communications with HR.
-Interview process was semi-organized.
-One phone interview.
-2nd interview consisted of 3 separate one-ones with 3 different people (Regional HR, Store Manager & Regional Manager).
-Told 2 additional interviews after 2nd stage.
-New position so all parties involved not really sure the perfect candidate profile.
-Ended up downgrading optimal profile = poor results vs. upgrading optimal profile = exceptional results