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      Sales Associate Interview

      Jul 12, 2013
      Anonymous employee
      Boston, MA
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Macy's (Boston, MA) in Jul 2013

      Interview

      I had just recently discovered the website snagajob.com and began looking for job openings there. I found a job opening for a part-time sale associate at Macy's in downtown Boston. I had no retail experience but I was hoping to gain some. I decided to fill out and submit an application for the position at Macy's on Sunday, July 7th. The next day, July 8th, I received an email saying that "we are interested in meeting with you to further discuss employment opportunities. We would like to invite you to schedule yourself for an interview". There was a link in the email that took me directly to the Scheduling Center, where I was able to review available times, schedule my interview, and read important interview details and instructions. I like to do things sooner than later and I had been looking for a part-time job for a little over a month and wanted a new job really bad so I scheduled my first interview for Wednesday, July 10th. I wanted to have some time to prepare but I also wanted to speed up the chance of me possibly getting employed, this day allowed me to have the rest of Monday and all of Tuesday to prepare for my interview. I went to my first on Wednesday, July 10th, and I did wonderful because I was told to come in the next day (today, July 11th) for a second interview with the manager. The person who originally interview me during my first interview wanted to get me an interview with the manager of the department I was going to work in right then and there but the manager couldn't be found so I was told to come back the next day. I went in for my second interview today and met with the manager of the department in which I was looking to work in and within 10 mins or so I was offered the sales associate position. The manager was so kind and she stressed team work the most and the fact that I would have multiple responsibilities in the department. I think the fact that I enjoy helping people, my prior intern/work experience in a major hospital (costant changing environment), and my availability is what made her offer me the position. After being offered the position and accepting it, I was taken to the front desk where a woman gave me some paper work to fill out (to put me into the system), signed me up for orientation, and gave me some information in a packet, all in which she explained of course. I am beyond happy about my new job position and I am looking forward to starting work at Macy's. I have orientation next week and I think I will begin working shortly after that :)

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      There was no difficult or unexpected questions. All of the interview questions you will be asked have been posted on here. Study all of the questions and make sure you prepare your answers to the questions beforehand, you will be well prepared if you do so. I looked through a lot of the other reviews, read all the questions, perfected my responses, practiced interviewing with my mother, and did wonderful on my first interview.
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      Macy's interviews FAQs

      • Sales Associate applicants have rated the interview process at Macy's with 2.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 64% positive. To compare, the company-average is 63.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
      • Candidates applying for Sales Associate roles take an average of 6 days to get hired, when considering 2,121 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Macy's overall takes an average of 10 days.
      • Common stages of the interview process at Macy's as a Sales Associate according to 2,121 Glassdoor interviews include:

        One on one interview:  45%

        Background check:  11%

        Personality test:  11%

        Skills test:  8%

        Phone interview:  7%

        Presentation:  6%

        Drug test:  5%

        IQ intelligence test:  4%

        Group panel interview:  3%

        Other:  2%

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