Team Leader applicants have rated the interview process at IKEA with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 72% positive. To compare, the company-average is 77.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Team Leader roles take an average of 31 days to get hired, when considering 19 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at IKEA overall takes an average of 19 days.
Common stages of the interview process at IKEA as a Team Leader according to 19 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 26%
Phone interview: 16%
Background check: 16%
Drug test: 13%
Group panel interview: 11%
Personality test: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Skills test: 3%
Presentation: 3%
Other: 2%
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The process took 2 days. I interviewed at IKEA (Emeryville, CA) in Mar 2016
Interview
The one on one interview was with who my supervisor would be. I had thorough answers to the questions. Half way through, the person put the question form down and stated because of the quality of my answers they wanted to stop the script. We had a dialogue that was thorough with where the team and company were going. Having been in management for over 15 years and knowing body language, it was fair to assume the interviewer was interested in me as a candidate.
The interviewer at closing stated that a specific person would be calling the set up a second interview quickly. The second interview being set up did not occur.
I was surprised. I had been thought when you are interviewing a person you are not interested in moving forward with, you don't say that a specific person will call. You say something like, "should we be interested in moving forward with you, we will contact you via phone, It's ...... your correct number"?
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about how you handle difficult situations with customers?
I applied online. I interviewed at IKEA (Naples) in Jan 2026
Interview
Colloquio di gruppo con prova tecnica e successivamente colloquio individuale. Molto stimolante e ben strutturato. Gli esperti Ikea sono molto disponibili e gentili. Ti mettono a proprio agio e ti ascoltano con attenzione. Uno dei colloqui più belli che io abbia mai fatto.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Chi, tra i candidati, durante la prova di gruppo, ti ha convinto?
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at IKEA (Springvale) in May 2025
Interview
Interview with 2 person (both shopkeepers), normally one is the line manager one is the peer. If succeed, will have grandparents interview, which is the boss of the line manager (Sales manager)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Please give a specific example how you drive the business (how you find a gap, how do you close it)
I applied online. I interviewed at IKEA in Feb 2025
Interview
Phone screening 30 minutes long, then interview with manager 1 hour long, then grandfather interview 1 hour long. Questions are worded weirdly but interviewers are very easy to talk to.