Career Coach applicants have rated the interview process at Goodwill with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 75% positive. To compare, the company-average is 63.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Career Coach roles take an average of 21 days to get hired, when considering 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Goodwill overall takes an average of 11 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Goodwill as a Career Coach according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Background check: 17%
Phone interview: 17%
Drug test: 17%
Personality test: 17%
One on one interview: 17%
Skills test: 17%
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I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Goodwill (Bridgeport, CT) in Jul 2016
Interview
Phone interview, then in-person interview (about an hour) followed by an assessment of your Excel skills (they give you a spreadsheet to re-create, involves being able to tabulate sums for rows and columns, then re-creating graphs (the harder part). Lastly, they may call you back for an interview with the Director days or maybe a week later.
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What goal do you want to achieve as a Goodwill Career Center Career Coach.
I applied through other source. I interviewed at Goodwill in May 2025
Interview
The process consisted of meeting with a hiring manager virtually. I also met in person with two hiring managers. I was never officially offered or denied the position. Just a-lot of run around.
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Question 1
I was asked about last job skills with prior employer
Phone screening with manager and then another one with manager and their employee. Final with their supervisor. The manager was very upfront with the process and it took about two weeks.
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How my past work experience would contribute to those job?
Short interview. Provided directions to site. Made me feel comfortable and relaxed. Gave good details of job, however did not provide a written job description which would have been helpful.