I applied in-person. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (Charlotte, NC) in Oct 2018
Interview
One on one with General Manager. Detailed questions about experience and abilities working with customers. Inquired if I'd be comfortable upselling and marketing perks of company credit card. Asked why I was looking to leave current position with other retailer and what benefits I could bring to the position,
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why did I want to work there? What was my experience?
I applied online. I interviewed at Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (Olive Branch, MS)
Interview
Applied online, HR sent email and scheduled interview. Directly interview to the director and my boss, overall great experience. The hard part is ask about 5 references and I only have 3, the reference person need to write comments, ask HR again and they are ok.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you work with someone is not acting friendly ? If something happen, who do you need to contact?
I applied through other source. I interviewed at Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (Minneapolis, MN) in Oct 2020
Interview
This was going to be my 4th year as a Seasonal employee at WS. Loved the Manager, I asked about how WS is protecting its employees during COVID and he gave all the right answers. When talking about hours he said he was going to put me in the 1-15 hours a week slot. Of course I could get as many hours as I wanted.
When interview was complete I asked when I could start with the employee discount as that is a big draw to working seasonally at WS. He said one week but that because I was only in the 0-15 hour work slot I would not be able to utilize the online WS discount. So I asked him to increase my hour slot and he said he could not. He was under corporate orders to only put seasonal employees in the lower slot this year. But that I could work as many hours as I want. What the heck WS?
Associate applicants have rated the interview process at Williams-Sonoma, Inc. with 2.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Associate roles take an average of 2 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Williams-Sonoma, Inc. overall takes an average of 18 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Williams-Sonoma, Inc. as a Associate according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 50%
Background check: 17%
Phone interview: 17%
Personality test: 17%
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