Sales Associate applicants have rated the interview process at Trader Joe's with 2.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 52% positive. To compare, the company-average is 72.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Sales Associate roles take an average of 4 days to get hired, when considering 31 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Trader Joe's overall takes an average of 14 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Trader Joe's as a Sales Associate according to 31 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 61%
Presentation: 9%
Skills test: 9%
Phone interview: 9%
Personality test: 4%
Group panel interview: 4%
Other: 4%
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I applied in-person. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Trader Joe's (San Diego, CA) in Jul 2016
Interview
The interview is not as nerve-wracking as a lot of them can be. They make you feel comfortable and the process doesn't take long at all. The managers that interviewed me where I feel selected to see if they are worth working for the company. They have a process of seeing how people react and how they handle things in order to hire them.
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What has been a difficult time at work and how did you handle it?
I had a call with the hiring manager about a sales associate position. After a few days, I got a follow up to come in for a basic interview that went over my previous sales associate experiences.
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What kind of previous sales associate experiences do I have?
The interview process was pretty standard for a retail environment. They asked the usual questions you would expect for this type of role and required the usual amount of experience.
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How will you improve the customer experience at Trader Joes
Was awesome - very friendly and down to earth, seems like a great place to work. Hope I get the job. Some easy questions, about work experience and the like, but also some curveballs. They asked me to give a lot of scenarios where I encountered certain difficulties and $18 an hour is not bad.
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Explain a time where you had to deal with a difficult customer?