I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Uniqlo (New York, NY) in Nov 2012
Interview
I applied online and got a response about two or three days later. When I walked into the store I headed for the break room and waited there for about 20 minutes. Along with 14 others, I was led to this basement in the building adjacent to the 5th ave store. In the metting room, the manager told us a little about the store then we were given applications to fill out. Then we were broken up into groups of threes and asked some basic questions. Some of the questions included, Why do you want to work for Uniqlo.
This first interview lasted about 10 minutes overall. Then we were asked to take a seat again. About 7 of the 15 of us were escorted out.
There was a second round of interviews for the remainder of us. This was a one on one interview with a different interviewer. In this interview , I was asked to say a little about myself and why I want to work for Uniqlo.
I was asked to to take a seat again. two more people were escorted out. three minutes after they were escorted out , I was called to be escorted out. The interviewer informed me that I got the job and gave me a paper for a drug test that I had to get done. Im not sure what happened to the other 2 that were left inside but I was informed that I was the only hire so far.
My best and most truthful advice that I can give anyone is to relax your nerves, be quick and to the point with your responses and talk about providing good customer service. They look more for energetic people rather then experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
There werent any hard questions. "Why do you want to work for Uniqlo?"
"What does customer service mean to you?"
I got a phone call from the Talent Acquisition staff. Asked basic question about the company and availability. After the phone screening, I got a one on one interview with Store Manager.
Group interview taking turns answering given questions. Group number is 3 and you will talk to the manager and assistant manager. First you fill out a form giving available days and what hours you wish to work.
The interview took place in a hotel conference room with many other candidates. Asked us 2 super simple questions and to work in teams. Afterwards, some candidates got an interview with the HR department. They were asking each one of us the same question ( there are 2 more people with me). Overall, it wasn't the worst interview; they do not take their time to actually get to know you as a person and do not want to give you an opportunity to work part-time, because you might decide to leave to pursue your career in a year or two which I don't think is fair.