I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at IKEA (Brisbane) in Dec 2014
Interview
Interviwed by HR person and head of the department of job applied for. Very friendly and relaxing interviewers, ( don't relax too much! ). General questions worded in a ways to understand you and what type of person you are.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What enviroment motivates me and what enviroment doesn't motivate me?
Resolved a difficult situation with customes?
How less experienced or slower staff were handled?
How I thought Ikea operates?
Phone and then in person. The lady in person was not very nice. She seemed to talk down on me, and didn't believe that I could lift 50lbs because I was small. She didn't know I was a personal trainer too. I can lift..
I applied online. I interviewed at IKEA (Vancouver, BC) in Feb 2020
Interview
First, I had to complete an initial screening interview on-site. The person who interviewed me did not even show up, so I needed to wait 45 min until someone filled in to interview me. The interviewer was not in the mood to interview me at all and asked very difficult questions.