The interviewing process was rather short overall. Typical recruiter screening, hiring manager call, short Excel assessment, and another follow-up call with either the hiring manager or recruiter. I rated it as a negative experience since they had told me more than 2 months ago that I got the offer but never had any follow-up afterwards. I contacted HR every week for the next month and still got nothing. Luckily I was able to find a job elsewhere. WSI really needs to be more efficient with getting back to candidates– super unprofessional and disrespectful when they're not even able to provide any updates regarding the offer/position.
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Question 1
Why e-commerce?
What interests you about working at Williams Sonoma?
I had an initial screening with the recruiter, who just wanted to hear more about my interest in the job my background. After that, I moved onto an interview day with 4 back-to-back 30-minute interviews with each member of the team. These interviews were pretty conversational; mostly outline what the job was and any questions I had for them. It seems like they just wanted to get a sense of your fit for the team.
The first interview was a 30-minute phone interview with the recruiter. The questions were overall intuitive and as expected, as questions were based on the job responsibilities outlined online as well as logistics. Moreover, I was able to learn more about the culture
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Question 1
What is your experience working cross-functionally?
Merchandising Analyst applicants have rated the interview process at Williams-Sonoma, Inc. with 2.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 25% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Merchandising Analyst roles take an average of 5 days to get hired, when considering 4 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 Merchandising Analyst according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Other: 50%
Phone interview: 50%
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