I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Grainger in Apr 2008
Interview
Interviewed with all regional and some national managers. Very good company for staffing sales reps in a sales based organization. One phone interview which was not an easy affair. Different questions asked by different levels of management from basic sales to high level strategic planning.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What would you do if a vendor offered you tickets for the game? (ethical type questions).
I applied online. I interviewed at Grainger (Saskatoon, SK) in Apr 2026
Interview
Initial interview was easy, just asked about what you know about the company and STAR based. Although was told I would be interviewing in the next round and they really put that into my head only to get a one sentence email at 1am saying they went a different direction. Extremely misleading.
They asked STAR questions and very template questions just to fill in the pages per the manager. Although it could change since I went through this 6 years ago. They are stock driven, so learn a little about their market price and how they play in the industry.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me a time when you have to make a very difficult decision.
They do interviews in the typical STAR format. Very tiring as they ask you a ton of questions. If you can handle that kind of thing you'll be fine but the average interview is like 40 minutes of straight questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Desribe a time where you had to deal with a difficult customer. What was the issue and how did you overcome it.