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 9 months. I interviewed at Staples (New Milford, CT) in Sep 2013
Interview
I applied in the winter of 2013 for several jobs. I was contacted in the late fall by Staples and showed up for an interview. The interview went well, manager was very friendly, but was just recently hired and was very disorganized. Questions were general and about job experience, preferred positions, hours, etc. There were no "difficult" interview questions as I had expected (personality questions, things like that). Received no contact after the interview.
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N/A - Only questions were about past jobs, hobbies, etc. None "difficult" or "unexpected".
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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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.