Generalist applicants have rated the interview process at Victoria's Secret with 2.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 83% positive. To compare, the company-average is 71.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Generalist roles take an average of 10 days to get hired, when considering 29 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Victoria's Secret overall takes an average of 11 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Victoria's Secret as a Generalist according to 29 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 37%
One on one interview: 15%
Background check: 9%
IQ intelligence test: 9%
Phone interview: 9%
Personality test: 7%
Skills test: 7%
Presentation: 7%
Drug test: 2%
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I applied in-person. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Victoria's Secret (Sacramento, CA) in Jul 2015
Interview
I turned in my application during the week when it wasn't busy and got a call that night to schedule an interview the following day. My interview was only about 10 minutes and it was with the assistant manager. She asked me pretty basic questions and told me she would contact my references and get back to me. I got a call that night to start the following day. The whole process took only 3 days.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is the first thing you notice when you walk into a store?
Would you feel comfortable measuring women for bra fittings?
When was a time you went above and beyond for a customer?
Do you have selling/ retail experience?
I applied online. I interviewed at Victoria's Secret (Dartford, England)
Interview
First there was a screening call and then went into the shop where they held a group interview, they went round asking everyone a different question and then set us a group task and an individual task.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Individual task: they asked us to take an item from the bag and try to sell it. The items were office equipment (stapler, post it notes etc)
It was a group interview with 8 other prospecting applicants with questions focused on how to engage the customer and provide them a victoria secret experience and focus on those who gave history in sales / retail
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Name a time you went above and beyond fir a customer
I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Victoria's Secret (Wayne, NJ) in Feb 2023
Interview
very easy interview process nothing to stress over come prepared with the basics and speak highly of your skills and how you can contribute to the team mention your interest in growth show curiosity in different roles that you can qualiify for as well