I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at The Hershey Company (Fairfax, VA)
Interview
Recruiter contacted me from a job fair I attended 5 months earlier. We spoke on the phone briefly and then she let me know she was sending over a video interview for me to complete. After the video interview I received an email saying I was having another interview where I would shadow the local sales representative in my area for the day. It was a long day, I was with her from 9am-4pm going from store to store to see the daily operations. I think it was a great way for me to see if I would want to be in that role and just exactly what the role calls for. Long story short, I wrote a thank you email to the the woman I shadowed- no reply. I also sent another thank you and follow up interview to the woman guiding me throughout the interview process- no response either. Needless to say after multiple emails and phone calls trying to follow up with the interview, Hershey never contacted me. After the interview in the field, I realized it wasn't the job for me but I was disappointed Hershey didn't have the common courtesy to reach out and at least let me know they were moving forward with other candidates.
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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