After submitting my application and resume online, within a few days received an email from their automated scheduling service asking me to schedule an interview. Days before the interview I received a confirmation from the same automated scheduling service with my day and time. The day of my interview I arrive early, and after asking a sales associate to help me track down one of their managers who were all scattered around the store, I finally sit down with someone and she cannot find my file in her computer. Upon her searching, she called another manager inquiring why she did not know of my interview, she's told that the position was filled yesterday and they just forgot to take it offline, forgot to notify me and did not tell the whole staff that the position was filled. Unprofessional and disorganized to say the least.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
She asked me if I still wanted to interview even though the position was already filled. I declined
I applied online. I interviewed at Macy's (Chicago, IL) in Jan 2016
Interview
I scheduled an interview for about a week after I was contacted for the job posting. I was worried that I would be interviewed for something else for less hours, but luckily I was interviewed by the visual merchandising manager. The conversation went well, but at the end she said that she was worried that I don't have more retail experience. The next day I was contacted that I didn't get the position. It seemed like a waste of time to call someone in if you are going to just reject them for not have 3+years of retail. I have plenty of installation experience as well as a BFA, which seemed ultimately more relevant to the positions' needs. It also seemed poorly thought out that the interviewer said that it's better to start in a suburb location, when its entirely impossible to do that when one already lives in the city.
I applied online. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Macy's (Providence, RI)
Interview
When applying for job the position was said to be full time, only found out after I took a day off of work to interview that it was 18 hours max. The interviewer had no emotion, didn't talk to me at all just asked the questions she told me she didn't want to ask me and sat there like a robot. I was overqualified for the position. The interview process was horrific.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
When was there a time in your life you saw another employee doing something wrong? What would you want your salary to be? Are you firm on that salary? Maybe the questions wouldn't have been so bad if she didn't tell me she didn't want to ask them.