Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at IKEA as 70% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.6 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Mitarbeiter Verkauf and Intern rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Verkäuferin and Kassiererin roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at IKEA takes an average of 15 days when considering 10 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for MarketingKatalog had the quickest hiring process (on average 14 days), whereas Mitarbeiter Verkauf roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 15 days).
I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at IKEA (Miami, FL)
Interview
HR called me 10 days after submitting my application. I didn't receive an email or anything regarding they were going to call me for phone interview so was rather surprised to have an interview out of the blue. It was maybe 15 minutes. Very nice lady said someone would call within two weeks if they wanted to schedule an in person interview
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is your favorite room in your house and why? Where do you get your inspiration from? How would you define success?
I applied through other source. I interviewed at IKEA in Mar 2014
Interview
I was invited to a group interview. There were about 100 applicants and there were approx. 8 applicants per table. We paired up with someone at our table and asked them 1. Their name, 2. what they do for a living, 3. what they like most about their job, and 4. what they like least about their job. There were a bunch of Ikea employees going from table to table listing in on what was being said. I'm not sure if these were the hiring managers or not. When we were done with that, each person introduced their partner to everyone else at the table.
After that, we had a group activity in which we had to create a product using the supplies on the table. Each table had different toys, legos, pieces of paper etc. to use to create some product as a group. After about 10 mins., each group gave a 2 minute presentation to the room. We had to show the product, explain what it did, cost, and other information. That's when a bunch of the employees left the room, probably to compare notes on the applicants, because after the presentations they came back and called small groups out of the room, a few at a time. The person who talked to us said someone would be contacting us about a hiring decision in a week or so. I'm not sure if we were cut, and the people left in the room were told congratulations. I left feeling deflated in any case. Four days later I received a call from another department for another phone interview. After two more days I was invited to a one on one interview, which is pending.
Update: At the one on one interview I spoke with two team leaders and then the hiring manager. The hiring manager offered me a position, pending background check and drug testing. The next time I go into the office, I will be given information about the hours, pay, benefits etc. My expected start date is in one month.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The only difficulty is not having a sense of where you stand in the hiring process when you leave the group interview.
These were not difficult questions, but interviewers asked the following questions:
1. Name a time when it is best to work alone, and when it is best to work as a team.
2. Describe a time when you worked with someone who different from you culturally, ethically, or who had different values than you.
3. Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
4. And of course the classic - Why should we hire you?