Department Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Michaels with 2.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 33% positive. To compare, the company-average is 67.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Department Manager roles take an average of 8 days to get hired, when considering 10 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Michaels overall takes an average of 12 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Michaels as a Department Manager according to 10 Glassdoor interviews include:
Background check: 35%
One on one interview: 35%
Phone interview: 10%
Personality test: 10%
Drug test: 5%
Skills test: 5%
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I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Michaels (Chicago, IL) in Oct 2018
Interview
Phone interview to start. Hired a few days later. Questions mostly about my attitude and retail experience, and about myself. It felt like the interviewer was trying to get to know me to see if I’d fit into the team.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What crafts and hobby’s did I do? How and why I choose to work in retail?
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Michaels (Oshawa, ON) in Feb 2016
Interview
short phone interview with the store manager, I was called in for a one on one interview with the manager in the store, she then set me up with a phone interview with district manager a week later. I had to do a personality test and an aptitude test.
I applied through other source. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Michaels (Houston, TX)
Interview
It was at a job fair to fill multiple locations that were opening in 2008. It was a 1:1 interview process but there were 2 other store managers in the room with other candidates. They asked the same retail interview questions as everyone else.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a time when you had to overcome many obstacles to finish a task with a deadline