I applied in-person. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Walmart (McAllen, TX) in Sep 2008
Interview
If you are not contacted after applying, you must call the HR dept. again and again until they ask you to come in. Seems excessive but with the volume of applicants at times you need to "push" yourself ahead in the selection process. When you come in you will usually be interviewed by the area manager of the position your applied for. Make sure you mention previous retail or specific knowledge of the area your going for because your pay increases based on experience. Once you go in for the interview, they have more than likely already determined your pay rate and you will have to be approved by upper management if it's going to increase. The personnel office is usually a medium sized room with a row of computers for computer based learning (CBL's) for new hires. Expect to have people doing CBL's and random associates and management going in and out of the area during your interview, unless the interviewer has asked that no one enter the office and that rarely happens. The interviewer reads a sheet of stale predetermined outdated questions and they rate each one depending on what you say. Allot of "what would you do" and "john has a problem.....what would you do?" kind of questions. Honestly as a interviewer myself, for new stores especially we would hire an individual no matter how the interview went merely based on the immediate need for more associates.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Describe a time at school or work where you face multiple problems are issues at one time. How did you face the issues, what were your solutions and how did you implement the solutions?
I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Walmart (Aurora, CO) in Apr 2012
Interview
The online application was very vague, mostly employment interests and past job titles/salaries. No providing of skills/experience. I was surprised by a return phone call. The interview was 3 one-on-one meetings, with successively more important personnel. Questions were entirely canned "tell me about a situation where you..."
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a situation where you had to solve a problem with multiple possible solutions, and how you decided on your specific course of action.
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Walmart (Raleigh, NC) in Jan 2012
Interview
applied online. Received a call about 1 week later for a interview. had a interview with the front end manager and a training manager. They asked about 5 questions...the manager walked me to the front and showed me what a csm does. she took me to the back and told me to make sure my references were correct because she will call them. told me she had to send me home because she had another interview and told me that she will let me know something later. 10 minutes after i left the interview the manager called me and offered me the job.