Associate Merchant applicants have rated the interview process at Walmart with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 71% positive. To compare, the company-average is 62.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Associate Merchant roles take an average of 35 days to get hired, when considering 14 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Walmart overall takes an average of 13 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Walmart as a Associate Merchant according to 14 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 28%
Phone interview: 25%
One on one interview: 11%
Personality test: 8%
Skills test: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
Presentation: 6%
Background check: 6%
Drug test: 6%
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I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Walmart
Interview
Interview process was pretty average. I had an initial call with a recruiter. They set up a second interview and sent me an interview guide to prepare. It had very specific questions and had one that I had to fully prepare like it was a presentation.
The second interview went horribly. They asked me what my headline would be. Wasn't quite sure how to answer the question and it went down from there. They asked me three other questions and it lasted about 20 minutes. The interviewers also didn't seem too keen on what I had to say so that may have had something to do with it.
I will say they never asked me about the question I prepared for like a presentation. I prepared all the wrong questions so I feel like the interview guide wasn't quite needed...
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Walmart in Jan 2026
Interview
A recruiter reached out to me on linked in and upon talking to her, she really made it seem like she was advocating for me to get the role. I had one interview with a panel of 3 team members. The questions all centered around stories of how I previously showed examples of Walmarts 4 core values. I sent a thank you email post interview and I followed up for an update with the recruiter a week later. Never heard back, radio silence.
6 weeks later, I get an automated rejection email. Seems super unprofessional to be treated like this by such a large, reputable company.
Terrible terrible experience. Take forever to get back with you. By the time I accepted a job and was 4 months into the job they contacted me for additional interviewing. Shows laziness and was annoying.
First there was a screener call wit hr and then a panel interview with the hiring manager and another person on the team. Found out 2 weeks after final interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about yourself. Tell me about a time when. What would you look at when analyzing your business.