Sales Co-Worker applicants have rated the interview process at IKEA with 2.6 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 63% positive. To compare, the company-average is 77.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Sales Co-Worker roles take an average of 27 days to get hired, when considering 40 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 Sales Co-Worker according to 40 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 23%
Drug test: 20%
Background check: 18%
Phone interview: 15%
Group panel interview: 11%
Personality test: 4%
Skills test: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Other: 2%
Presentation: 2%
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I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at IKEA (Brisbane) in Aug 2018
Interview
I applied online and the next day I received an email asking me to fill out the 'Getting to know you' form. Then a few days later I had a short phone interview which I thought went well. Unfortunately that wasn't the case as I wasn't even invited to the group interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why Ikea?
What does customer service mean to you?
Tell me about a time when you gave excellent customer service.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at IKEA (Bengaluru) in Jun 2026
Interview
It was an exclusive interview with people invited from two colleges. The number of applicants was over 25. We had basic introductions, a GD and an interview afterwards. My interviewers were polite though same was not the case for other people.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Sell them one of the articles, Work background, Origins/birthplace and also family details.
Self Introduction,
Ask about experience of customer service (give an example how to satisfy customer need and make them happy), your current home furnishing and improvement , idea of team work