I applied online. I interviewed at American Greetings in May 2017
Interview
Applied online through Indeed.com, then received an email from the company a few days later. Was told to use the link provided to complete a Phone Interview, but link was no good. Led me to THIS site instead. Tried calling the number provided in the email, left voice message, got a reply 2 days later. They sent yet another email with the correct link. Completed the Phone Interview, which was an automated system with about 7 or 8 questions that you had 3 mins to answer each question. Then 2 days later, got another email from a hiring manager saying that my responses were being looked at, but she sent me about 4 more questions they wanted me to answer. I completed those, sent back in email form. A week later (today), I receive an email from the company saying they are happy that I applied with their company but they choose Not to move forward with the interview process. Good thing I had read other people's reviews on this site before getting my hopes up about getting the position. Most other reviews are very similar, making me think the job probably isn't that legit if they're pulling this on most applicants.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
One of the questions was: Explain a situation where you didn't think you would finish a project on time it was requested?
Phone call interview, super short and asked about availability and experience. Asked if I liked greeting cards or had experience with planograms. Wanted to make sure I had reliable transportation and understood that work would be heavier around the holidays and slower in summertime.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at American Greetings
Interview
i was simply called and after a very short conversation, where i was asked to confirm my reason for not working for past couple years and my home location i was hired. they arranged to meet with me complete i9 and then my tablet was ordered. I received employee number couple days later and began paid training modules at home and had to keep up with my time while completing them, a super easy process.
I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at American Greetings (Cleveland, OH) in Jun 2025
Interview
Offer was rescinded. I received a very casual phone call with basic questions and was told if I wanted the position it was mine and then was scheduled to meet the manager in person a week later. The day before I was supposed to meet the manager I received an automated email from the company saying they're not moving forward with me. I contacted the manager to verify this and he said that yes, they did decided to move forward with another candidate. Disappointing to receive an offer definitely from a human being then have it rescinded for no reason from an automated email. Was looking forward to working with this company as I love their products, but the process left me disillusioned.
Merchandiser applicants have rated the interview process at American Greetings with 1.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 60% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Merchandiser roles take an average of 11 days to get hired, when considering 69 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at American Greetings overall takes an average of 16 days.
Common stages of the interview process at American Greetings as a Merchandiser according to 69 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 42%
One on one interview: 29%
Skills test: 8%
Background check: 6%
Personality test: 4%
Presentation: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Other: 2%
Drug test: 1%
Group panel interview: 1%
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