I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at The Hershey Company (Houston, TX) in Sep 2018
Interview
- Phone Screening (outside contractor)
- Hiring Manager Skype Interview
- Day In The Field with Retail Sales Representative
- Final Interview with Hiring Manager
The phone screening was the best part of this interview process as they are the only ones that are straight forward with you. The Hershey’s people are stuck up and mean and they don’t care about you as a candidate. They don’t even have the common courtesy to keep you updated on the job hiring process and then if you call HR, they send you a rejection letter hours later, people DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME interviewing with such rude and inconsiderate people, I can only imagine what it would’ve been like had I gotten an offer. I got to the day in the field with the Retail Sales Representative and she was a stuck up piece of work. I did everything I was suppose to do to get to the final interview and showed interest by following up with HR to no avail. I plan on boycotting Hershey products due to this experience and encourage everyone to STAY AWAY from applying with them.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
What would you do to convince a store owner to allow more displays for your product vs a competitor in a store?
I applied online. I interviewed at The Hershey Company (Houston, TX)
Interview
The first step was an in person interview
with HR and the hiring manager. You also did a ride along with one of their Sales Reps to see if the position would actually be a good fit for you and if you would be a good fit for the company. The rep evaluates you and advises management if you should move forward in the interview process, etc. Not certain if the process has changed.
I had multiple virtual interviews with friendly employees. After those, I had a field interview where I shadowed an employee in the role I had applied for. That is when I realized the job wasn't for me, though the employee I shadowed seemed to really enjoy his job. The interview process wasn't overly drawn out, it was straight forward, and I have no complaints.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I can't fully remember, but they did ask a STAR question
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at The Hershey Company in Apr 2022
Interview
I had an Interview with a 3rd party screener, then interview with manager, then I had a shadow day where I followed a rep around. Did not hear back for weeks after shadow day so I accepted a different job
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why are you interested in working for our company?
Retail Sales Representative applicants have rated the interview process at The Hershey Company with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 54% positive. To compare, the company-average is 55.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Retail Sales Representative roles take an average of 30 days to get hired, when considering 157 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at The Hershey Company overall takes an average of 30 days.
Common stages of the interview process at The Hershey Company as a Retail Sales Representative according to 157 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 31%
One on one interview: 23%
Group panel interview: 12%
Drug test: 10%
Background check: 8%
Skills test: 6%
Presentation: 3%
Other: 3%
Personality test: 2%
IQ intelligence test: 1%
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