I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Neiman Marcus (Houston, TX) in Feb 2012
Interview
was fine. People who interviewing are usually nice and profeccional. Although they still make an impression that you will have a good money working for Neiman. It looks like you have all the opportunity to sell as much as you can and have a good money for comission. In reality it doesnt look that sunny. I ended up with no more then 1300 a month, working a lot and being super tired after every working day. Important thing is also which department you will get into. I was not lucky, so, may be other people in the store have a better chance to make their money in Neiman. Dress department just is not that place
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Return policy. No matter how hard you worked to make a sale, when people return it - they took it back from your comissions. So, you can never know how much you get in return and how much money you can count on. Which is not fare I think
This was a virtual interview with recruiter. The next step would have been with a local sales manager but our schedules did not align so I did not continue the process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Can you tell us about your experience satisfying customers?
Simple and straightforward, questions about my experience, why I want to work there, etc. Then, more specific questions about my sales background. There were no trick questions really. It was just straight to the point.
I had a virtual interview with a recruiter after applying and invited to online hiring fair. Discussed background, asked about commitment and availability as well as applicable skills and background. Was looking for a seasonal position, and none were available yet.
Sales Associate applicants have rated the interview process at Neiman Marcus with 2.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Sales Associate roles take an average of 12 days to get hired, when considering 93 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Neiman Marcus overall takes an average of 18 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Neiman Marcus as a Sales Associate according to 93 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 28%
Drug test: 21%
Background check: 15%
Phone interview: 11%
Skills test: 9%
Personality test: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Presentation: 4%
Other: 1%
Group panel interview: 1%
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