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Vans interviews FAQs
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 1 day. I interviewed at Vans (Camarillo, CA) in Sep 2017
Interview
Group interview with three other potential employees, the store manager, and another manager. They asked us the questions outside of the store away from other employees in a no pressure environment.
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
This interview consisted of a phone call and in person interview which was 30 minutes with the store manager in the location. This was an easy interview which was a basic retail interview