I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Costco Wholesale (Toronto, ON) in Jan 2014
Interview
Two brief interviews. Very entry level. They just want to see if you will fit in with the team. They will look at prior experience and ask behavioural questions. If you have been called for a interview, you most likely got the job.
I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Costco Wholesale (San Diego, CA) in Apr 2014
Interview
Applied online, called and spoke to the hiring manager right after and got an interview the next day. I interviewed with 3 managers (3rd one was a separate interview). Pretty straight forward interview no trick questions or anything.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain a time where you had to deal with a difficult customer
I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Costco Wholesale (Greenville, SC) in Oct 2015
Interview
I was phoned by the bakery manager to schedule an interview for the next day; when I told him I was unavailable until the following Monday due to other employment obligations, he told me he would call again the next day to work out an interview time. No return call was ever made over the course of five days. By complete luck I showed up exactly on time for my interview that the manager had schedule (and never informed me of) when I went in to follow-up.
I was sat down in the food court area and given an interview with the bakery manager and another associate to oversee the interview. I was asked incredibly generic questions and told to give brief answers - more than once I was cut off mid-response because the hiring manager had 'heard enough to answer the question.' After roughly twenty minutes of playing 20 questions, the interview was over. There was zero conversation about my goals with the company, small talk to get to know me as a person or otherwise - strictly questions read directly off of a sheet of paper. Very impersonal.
I will suggest to anyone looking to get a job at Costco: lie in your interview to make yourself look good. Honesty will not get you hired if you've ever made a mistake, regardless of how you corrected it.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is a mistake you have made in the past and how did you correct it.