I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Ulta Beauty (Pensacola, FL) in Dec 2022
Interview
Easy process, Went smoothly, professional, informative of job description and duties. Management team seemed enthusiastic and motivating Offered part time/seasonal position Warm friendly atmosphere Other employees seemed to throughly enjoy their positions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you had a difficult client, please explain how did you use your customer service skills to overcome
A group interview with behavioral questions and standard makeup knowledge assessment. Some questions involved what to do with agitated customers or working with people you have conflict with. The interview lasted around an hour
I applied online. I interviewed at Ulta Beauty (Silver Spring, MD)
Interview
The interviewer was warm and friendly and seemed to love my passion for beauty and brand familiarity, but I was sadly passed over for someone with more recent retail experience.
Well, it was a group interview. We were like 10 people at the little room. The manager started to ask questions about our previous experiences and how do we overcome any challenging moment.
Retail Sales Associate applicants have rated the interview process at Ulta Beauty with 1.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 72% positive. To compare, the company-average is 68% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Retail Sales Associate roles take an average of 8 days to get hired, when considering 18 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Ulta Beauty overall takes an average of 12 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Ulta Beauty as a Retail Sales Associate according to 18 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 23%
Background check: 14%
Presentation: 11%
Group panel interview: 11%
IQ intelligence test: 11%
Phone interview: 9%
Drug test: 9%
Skills test: 9%
Personality test: 3%
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