Retail Salesperson applicants have rated the interview process at Advance Auto Parts with 1.3 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 61.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Retail Salesperson roles take an average of 11 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Advance Auto Parts overall takes an average of 16 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Advance Auto Parts as a Retail Salesperson according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Personality test: 23%
One on one interview: 23%
Drug test: 15%
Background check: 8%
IQ intelligence test: 8%
Phone interview: 8%
Presentation: 8%
Skills test: 8%
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I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Advance Auto Parts (Brownsville, PA)
Interview
Applied online. Lengthy online test process before you even get considered for an interview, but after that it's pretty easy. Got an interview with two different locations within a week. Interview will vary greatly depending on your location's General Manager, but both of mine were extremely easy. I got 1 or 2 very basic automotive questions. At this time I knew almost nothing about cars and still answered the questions fine. A few very basic questions like why do you want to work here, past job experience, schooling, etc. At both of my interviews, there were basically no situational or behavioral questions (ie tell me a time that you... what would you do if... etc). Basically after that, I got a job offer on the spot, pending a drug test.
I applied online. I interviewed at Advance Auto Parts (Raleigh, NC) in Jan 2023
Interview
Nothing to stress over. Even if you don't know much about cars as long as you show you are willing to learn and you're committed to the company they will help you and training will be a breeze.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1). How much do you know about cars?
2). Can you work night shifts?
3). Do you have any previous retail or customer service experience?
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Advance Auto Parts (Boston, MA) in Jul 2014
Interview
Be sure that when the manager is going to tell you when can you start and or tells you to start at certain day, ask for the salary you will get. You can negotiate a higher salary than what you filled out, depending on the need of the store; within 1 to 2 dollars per hour the average you see on glassdoor.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is one problem you had at you other job? And how you where able to solve it?
Are you willing to get ahead in this company?
Really, these are easy cake questions.