Retail Sales Representative applicants have rated the interview process at General Mills with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 73% positive. To compare, the company-average is 74.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Retail Sales Representative roles take an average of 28 days to get hired, when considering 11 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at General Mills overall takes an average of 21 days.
Common stages of the interview process at General Mills as a Retail Sales Representative according to 11 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 36%
Phone interview: 32%
Drug test: 8%
Skills test: 8%
Background check: 4%
Personality test: 4%
Group panel interview: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
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I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at General Mills (Waterloo, ON) in Jan 2013
Interview
Applied through my university's career centre website. Received an email about a week later saying I had an interview on campus with three sales people from General Mills. They were very amiable and nice. Introduced themselves and asked me about my experience. No curve balls. Interview lasted about half an hour.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at General Mills (Youngsville, LA) in Oct 2020
Interview
I had a phone interview first and than was asked to do a Virtual interview due to the COVID-19 situation. I feel the interview went well, but I would rather have done this in person. I interviewed with the Sales Dept. Lead, he was very easy to communicate with.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Behavioral Base Questions, How would you? What did you do?
I hope to get an offer this week. I did a lot of research about General Mills and I would love to work for this company.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at General Mills (Oklahoma City, OK) in Sep 2018
Interview
The proscess consisted of a preliminary and then an in depth telephone interviews with a Human Resources Representative. Following the telephone interviews was an in person interview with the Manager.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions revolved around my previous experience and my skills in handling sales situations.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at General Mills (Salt Lake City, UT) in Apr 2018
Interview
First interview was a quick phone call with one of General mill's recruiters and then an in person interview which lasted for an hour. The phone call was a few weeks apart from the face to face interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me a time where things didn't work your way and how did you resolve it