I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Lowe's Home Improvement (Tucson, AZ) in Aug 2009
Interview
Two interview process beginning with HR manager and ending with Market director. 10-15 questions, all situational based with specific scenarios from past work expected.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain a time when you made a mistake. What did you do to resolve it?
I applied online. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Lowe's Home Improvement in May 2013
Interview
Applied online for the position. I expected that it would take a while to hear back but to my surprise I was contacted the next evening and asked to come in for an interview. I am currently employed so she was very friendly and asked when would be a good time for me as she didn't want to interfere with my job. I was off the following day so surprisingly she set me up for the following morning at 9AM. I was told that i would interview with her and the Store Manager. I arrived a few minutes early and approached customer service as she requested. The young lady let me know that she didn't think she was in and called back to ask someone. She finally asked the manager himself and it was clear that we wasn't even aware that he'd have an interview that day! Excellent communication and preparation... She arrived after a short wait and I had to sit outside her office while she printed the required forms for the interview. The interview itself was neither difficult or exciting. The company uses an 8 question structured interview. He and her took turns reading questions from a document and writing answers; such as "How would you handle an inventory issue?" or "Tell me about a time when you led your team to accomplish an overwhelming workload. " They were all common situational questions to gauge people and retail skills. They briefly discussed what I was looking for in pay and where I worked. They also asked about my typical schedule and were quick to inform me that the job included mostly late nights until midnight or later and weekends. They gave each other the unspoken "glance" when I mentioned that I normally worked mostly days in my current position but I'd expected that there would be more nights. This almost made the job undesirable for me, not because of the hours but because of their attitude about the position. It made me feel as if they were looking down on the Assistant Managers if their operation. They advised that each interview was given a score based in the answers and that the job typically goes to the highest score. They also said that company policy requires that atleast 3 interviews must be conducted for each open position before a hire can be made. I was not impressed by the interview and had already decided that I'd probably not accept the position if offered. I am an experienced Manager with 15 years behind me. I conduct interviews every day and never want to give the impression that I received. I received an email thanking me for my interest but we are "pursuing other candidates" the following week.
I applied online. I interviewed at Lowe's Home Improvement
Interview
3 interview process, standardized questions. all decisions are made by the store manager. I have noticed that most store manager only have Lowe's experience. They are looking for specific terms and words you say in the response to their questions. hit those keys words and their faces light up. ie micro seasons, indexing report, hi/lo reports...
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
none, if you have legit retail management experience you shouldn't have any problems answering the questions