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%
Phone interview: 9%
Skills test: 9%
Presentation: 9%
Group panel interview: 4%
Other: 4%
Personality test: 4%
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I applied in-person. I interviewed at Trader Joe's (Jersey City, NJ) in Feb 2023
Interview
It helps to show up in person. I got turned down online. The manager was super nice. Great environment. Low pressure it seems. Waiting for a second interview next week to hear if I'm hired.
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Am I ok with lifting things, having multiple roles in store.
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?