I applied through an employee referral. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Lowe's Home Improvement in Aug 2011
Interview
The hiring and interview process can be lengthy just depending on how quickly they are needing to fill the specific position. When you put your application in, you must apply for a specific position when putting in your application. They have all sorts of jobs that range from part time to full time, week days to weekends to rotating days off, you may work day time or evening. Once your application has been selected for the interview process you go threw 3 interviews when you are first being hired on with the company, one with the human resource manager, one with a assistant store manager, and one with the store manager if you are applying for a basic position at Lowe's Home Improvement. They will ask you all kinds of questions that range from what would you do is a specific situation to why do you want to work for the company. Just be positive and dress to impress.
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Lowe's Home Improvement in Feb 2011
Interview
When I was first hired on at lowe's it was a seasonal position. I went to work everyday and got there early if I could and was never late. They saw how hard I worked so they gave me a part-time position on the stocking crew. 9 months later I applied for the millwork specialist job. It was in a different store. She called me for an interview about 3 days after I applied online. You have to be very positive in these interviews, they ask you alot of things how you handled problems in your past job. You have to try to give as much detail as you can, also they are looking at how well you work with others, (IF YOU ARE A PEOPLE PERSON).
Interview questions [5]
Question 1
Tell me about a time when you went out of your way for a customer, what was the situation? What did you do?
Tell me about a time when you had to over come a problem at work in order to reach a goal? What was the problem? What steps did you take to reach the goal?
What department are you move familiar with? In this case it's millwork.
Imagine a customer is browsing in this department, How would you approach the customer?
Tell me about a time when you wanted to improve you work skills,
What new skills did you gain?
How did you develope these new skills?
What was the outcome?
I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Lowe's Home Improvement (Knoxville, TN) in Nov 2011
Interview
I received a call from the HR manager to have an interview with her and a separate time to interview with the store manager. Both interviews were "form" interviews - same questions to all applicants. All questions were "Describe a time when you..." type of questions. They had narrowed it down to 3 people before interviewing. My interviews were Tuesday and Wednesday and they said they would make a decision by Friday.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Describe a time when you have made a mistake. How did you handle it and what was the outcome?