I applied through other source. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Walmart (Asheville, NC) in Oct 2016
Interview
I received a phone call asking if I would be willing to do a phone interview the next day, which I was. This was somewhat surprising to me since I never applied for this job, but oh well. The phone interview was a conference call with one of the store co-managers, someone from personnel, training, and at least two others whose positions were not specified. The call lasted about 45 minutes and consisted of a few distinct sections. The first section was a very open-ended "tell us about yourself." After determining that these guys had basically no information on me and no copy of my resume, I gave them a quick personal history, major preferences, and work history. The second section was a structured question and answer session. The questions all followed the format of stating a topic , asking for a description of an event or action in which I demonstrated the topic, asking for details on the steps taken, and finally the results of my actions. I found this very easy, actually, since I had plenty of experience in all of the scenarios to pop out a good answer without having to put any thought into it.
Interview questions [5]
Question 1
1) Judgment: Use Appropriate Judgment: Describe a recent job-related situation where you had to make an important business decision.
-Why was the decision important?
-What steps did you take?
-What information did you consider?
-What challenges did you face and how did you overcome them?
-What was the outcome?
-How did that outcome affect your future decisions?
2) Customer/Member Centered: Focus On The Customer: Describe the steps you have taken to ensure that your organization delivered a high level of customer service. Please provide specific examples.
-What challenges did you face and how did you overcome them?
-What processes or services, if any, have you changed based on your efforts?
-How have you helped teach and train others in this area?
-How have your efforts impacted your organization?
3) Execution and Results: Manage Execution and Results: Describe a time when you and your team completed a critical project despite a heavy workload?
-How did you assist your team in meeting their goals?
-What actions did you take to ensure the work was completed accurately and on time?
-What challenges did you and your team face and how did you overcome them?
-What was the outcome?
-What, specifically, did you learn from this experience?
4) Planning and Improvement: Plan and Pursue Team-Based Improvement: Describe the process you have used to ensure your work plans are coordinated and aligned with company initiatives and direction. Please provide specific examples.
-Who did you involve?
-What facts, information, or data did you consider?
-How did you set your timelines?
-What was the impact of your efforts?
5) Influence and Communicate: Increase Commitment: Describe a time when you had to influence a group to support a significant change in work processes or procedures.
-What information did you consider?
-What resistance did you face, and how did you overcome that resistance?
-How did you build support for the change?
-How did you compare your group's performance to organizational objectives?
-How did you help the group adapt to the change?
-What was the result of your efforts?
6) Talent: Supervise Associates: Describe the process that you go through in planning for future staffing needs.
-What steps have you taken?
-What business requirements and other information do you consider?
-Who else do you involve?
-How has this process assisted you in determining who to recruit and hire?
-What challenges have you faced, and how have you overcome them?
7) Adaptability: Quickly Adapt: Describe a job-related situationin which you had to overcome an obstacle or other difficulty.
-What was the obstacle or difficulty?
-What steps did you take?
-What challenges did you face and how did you overcome them?
-What worked? What didn't work?
-What was the outcome?
8) Ethics and Compliance: Manage Ethics and Compliance: What steps have you taken to communicate and support the highest standards of integrity and ethics in your area of responsibility? Please provide specific examples.
-How have you judged the success of your efforts?
-What challenges did you face and how did you overcome them?
-What worked? What didn't work?
-What was the outcome?
-How have you enforced compliance?
Interview process required several interviews. First you interviewed with the store manager typically by phone or by zoom. Then the next interview was with the market manager or member of the market team.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about an experience when you had to overcome change and adapt to a new work environment.
Fairly streamlined and quick, friendly interviewers made it comfortable, there was no waiting room for the interview but nonetheless it was not a hassle,
They called to inform the position after 3 days
Very long and drawn out process with no compensation discussion until the very end, needs more transparency in my opinion, otherwise fairly painless process overall. Definitely not one to be intimidated about.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What's the most direct reports you've managed previously?