Sales Associate applicants have rated the interview process at Gap with 2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 79% positive. To compare, the company-average is 70.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Sales Associate roles take an average of 10 days to get hired, when considering 830 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Gap overall takes an average of 13 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Gap as a Sales Associate according to 830 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 27%
Group panel interview: 19%
Background check: 16%
Skills test: 8%
Phone interview: 7%
Personality test: 7%
Drug test: 7%
Presentation: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Other: 1%
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I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Gap (Calgary, AB) in Apr 2011
Interview
I first got a call from the manager about 3 days after I applied online. When I was at the interview, we started off with a set of very basic questions. Nothing out of the ordinary. After the questions, the manager asked me to go inside of the store and pick a couple of outfits that reflected my personality. I then explained the outfits to him and related them to myself. Afterwards, we had a sort of role playing activity in which the manager was a customer and I was a sales associate. When these two activities were done, he very politely explained my flaws and gave me wonderful suggestions on how to improve my approach to customers. Since this was my very first time applying for a job in the retail environment, I learned a lot about this field. The manager was very polite and professional.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a current fashion trend in which you are interested.
Group interview with other candidates with the store manager. Arrive at the store and wait for other candidates. Then interview happens in break room and it lasted roughly about 30-60minutes
It was a group interview of about 10-12 people. If I remember correctly they take you to the back, the stock room, and ask almost everyone the same question. The interview lasted about 30 minutes.
It was very easy, one in person interview with the general manager and then I was accepted! Mainly personality and behavioral questions were asked, and I think enthusiasm on my end helped the most.