JC Penney Cashier applicants have rated the interview process at JCPenney with 1.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 83% positive. To compare, the company-average is 72.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for JC Penney Cashier roles take an average of 3 days to get hired, when considering 12 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at JCPenney overall takes an average of 13 days.
Common stages of the interview process at JCPenney as a JC Penney Cashier according to 12 Glassdoor interviews include:
Background check: 19%
One on one interview: 19%
Group panel interview: 13%
Phone interview: 13%
Personality test: 10%
Skills test: 10%
Other: 10%
Drug test: 6%
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I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at JCPenney (Fayetteville, AR) in Nov 2014
Interview
small interview. I read in other interviews that they did group interviews but I didn't which was great because I do not like group interviews. He didn't ask hard questions or anything tricky. It was easy and fast.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at JCPenney (Ontario, CA)
Interview
It was at a Job Fair, before the mall store opened, so it was at a hotel. Very short, direct, and professional. I was asked about questions, and expectations. Called to the store for a 2nd interview( still the store wasn't opened!). Asked about Job History, told then I was hired, that everybody was going to start at same pay rate, about schedules, hours, and that I had to go through a day of training.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If I had worked retail before, if I knew customers always were right, even when they weren't, if I had knowledge about JCP brands.
I applied online. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at JCPenney (Frederick, MD) in Dec 2014
Interview
It was a group interview where they asked us to work together in order to come up with a solution to a company problem. We were also given scenarios that come up in the workplace and how we would answer them. The groups were split up into teams of three.