Candidates applying for Apparel Designer roles take an average of 96 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at lululemon overall takes an average of 18 days.
Common stages of the interview process at lululemon as a Apparel Designer according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Background check: 22%
Phone interview: 22%
One on one interview: 22%
Presentation: 22%
Group panel interview: 11%
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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 5 months. I interviewed at lululemon (Vancouver, BC)
Interview
I will start by saying I have admired this company and the design work they do within the sports space for a long time. So it's really unfortunate to have had this experience as a professional with years of sports performance specific design experience.
The interview process is extremely long (5+ months), even by apparel design standards. Starts with a recruiter call, very standard in questions for the industry. Proceeded to interview with the hiring manager- who was absolutely lovely. Really knowledgable and personable. I was then called upon to do a project, which I actually had a lot of fun completing. I put in a lot of thought and effort into the thing despite already having a large workload at my current employment. I presented the project to the hiring manager 1 week later, and that was a positive experience as well.
Then.... radio silence. Following up for months- being strung on the line. Told they are still in the early candidate stages. Never being told anything in detail- besides there might be additional interviews. Despite as a candidate being very relaxed in reaching out 3-4 times in 5 months- the recruiter seemed annoyed with emailing. I still to this day months later have not even gotten a no from them. Not even the courtesy of saying "thank you for your time but we are going with someone else." or "You're not at the level we are wanting."
I've never written a review of an interview before, because I've never felt called to do so. I've worked for the other large competitors in the space. But oh my lord, I don't think I will ever purchase another Lulu item again. When you have a company REACH OUT TO YOU, without you formally applying- and to hear nothing after it all? I could only imagine what is must be like to work there.
Recruiters: The interview process works both ways. The interviewee is ALSO assessing a company for a good fit. If people have spent their own time designing new ideas for a company, interviewing, scheduling, etc: please do the right thing and give them some courtesy.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at lululemon (Vancouver, BC) in Aug 2019
Interview
The whole process involved over 8 people and 6+ video interviews over a 5’ish week period. In addition to a project that I spent 20+ hours on.
In the end I was sent a very generic email from HR stating they moved forward with other candidates. After the amount of time I invested I feel I was very lead on. At the least you could have provided some feedback why I was not offered the job, maybe throw a discount code my way?
In this process lululemon has lost a long term customer, and definitely never applying for another job.