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The Home Depot interviews FAQs
Sales Associate - Flooring and Walls applicants have rated the interview process at The Home Depot with 2.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 82% positive. To compare, the company-average is 69.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Sales Associate - Flooring and Walls roles take an average of 9 days to get hired, when considering 12 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at The Home Depot overall takes an average of 16 days.
Common stages of the interview process at The Home Depot as a Sales Associate - Flooring and Walls according to 12 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 28%
Background check: 19%
Phone interview: 19%
Drug test: 17%
Personality test: 11%
Skills test: 6%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
I applied online. The process took 4 days. I interviewed at The Home Depot in Sep 2014
Interview
After applying you will get an email saying to call a 1800 number. You can either go ahead and call the number or wait for them to call you (usually within 24hours of receiving the email). The person will do a qualifying questionnaire to see if you are a good fit for the job. During the questionnaire if you answer any question with an answer that will disqualify you, they will stop the questionnaire. If you make it all the way through and qualify for the position, they will schedule you for an interview at the store. The interview will be 2-3 days after the call. The in-store interview is 1 on 1 with a member of management. Once completing the interview, if they feel you are qualified, they will give you a drug test form. There are only a handful of doctors they accept for the drug test, and it must be done within 24 hours. The store will also run a background check. Once you pass both the drug test and background check, you will be called to start training for your position. Depending on the position the computer training will take 2-4 days. Then you will start working at your position.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I didn't find any of the questions difficult. It was basic questions, such as, telling them a time you dealt with a difficult customer, a time you went above and beyond for a customer, why you qualify for the position, etc. It only consists of 6 questions.
I applied in-person. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at The Home Depot (Pocatello, ID) in Feb 2017
Interview
Fast and handling customer service knowing what to do when the situation comes in process easy-going laid-back person trustworthy dependable and does the first thing I asked the correct way
I applied online. I interviewed at The Home Depot (Spruce Grove, AB) in Aug 2016
Interview
I am just starting the process of applying today. I received an email immediately after doing the online application confirming they'd received my application. I was surprised at the 79 multiple choice question Sales Associate assessment. It took me about 15 minutes to complete that.
I got my first phone interview 5 hours after I applied. It lasted 13 minutes and was based on my resume as well as a few other questions about my experience.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
• Questions about my resume.
• Asked what wages I’d like and I said $18/hr. She said that’s typical starting wage of a supervisor. A sales associate makes $12-13. She asked if I would be OK negotiating for this kind of wage? I said I was willing.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at The Home Depot (Toronto, ON) in Jun 2016
Interview
I applied online and got a call back 1 week later. I did an interview on the phone, and it was a basic personality quiz. They said they will call back in a week if i qualified for an interview. I got a call a couple hours later asking me to come in for an interview. The interview was one on one and the interview was really easy.