Sales Associate applicants have rated the interview process at Vans with 2.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 79% positive. To compare, the company-average is 76.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Sales Associate roles take an average of 13 days to get hired, when considering 261 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Vans overall takes an average of 15 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Vans as a Sales Associate according to 261 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 22%
One on one interview: 20%
Background check: 10%
Presentation: 10%
Phone interview: 10%
Drug test: 8%
Personality test: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
Skills test: 5%
Other: 4%
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I applied in-person. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Vans (Jersey City, NJ) in Jun 2015
Interview
I was purchasing a pair of sk8-hi's, when the assistant manager asked me if I was looking for a job. I wasn't at the time, but I still took her up on the offer because of the location; It was closer to me than the job I had at the time. As soon as I got home I applied to Vans online and called the manager I met at the time to let her know that I applied to the job. After a couple of weeks I received a call for my actual interview, I showed up on-time with my resume. I spoke with the assistant manager for about five minutes and she told me I got the job because she liked my style and thought that I could wear the brand well. I didn't start working at Vans until two weeks after than interview, so, a month after our initial meet. It also took very long for me to start working at Vans because the system was acting up.
Group interview with atleast 10 others. Maybe about 30 minutes. Best to tell stories of customer experience for answers to better highlight self. It was about 10 questions long with two store managers.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell a time you were able to change a customer's mind?
me llamaron al día siguiente de tirar el CV e hice la entrevista donde al mismo día me llamaron. la entrevista fue alrededor de 20 minutos donde explican lo que desean de ti y tu explicas lo que sientes y te describen el puesto además de conocerte como persona
not too bad and pretty straight forward. simple questions were asked to detirmine if they thought you would fit. lastedd about 20 minutes and was in a group setting with 5-10 people.