I applied online. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Fred Meyer (Sumner, WA) in Apr 2016
Interview
Not bad. Very positive. All my questions were answered and the hiring process was not difficult. Was subject to drug screen and back ground check as well. Staff was extremely helpful in the beginning.
I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Fred Meyer (Kent, WA) in May 2016
Interview
Was contacted by recruiter and asked customer service questions, then offered an interview at Kent (Midway) store. Arrived at interview on scheduled day and checked in approx. 20 minutes early. Was kept waiting about 25 minutes when interviewer (HR person) couldn't be located. Thought this was extremely disrespectful of me and my time and she should have rescheduled or at least communicated with someone what she was doing. I should have left. Finally, was told she was "observing" management interviews in store and but didn't bother to tell anyone so her unprepared assistant was sent to interview me. He asked usual questions read off a list and finished interview with, "don't take this personally, but if you smoke weed and do a drug test, the results won't come back until after you're hired and you'll be let go on the spot." I found this puzzling and told him I didn't imbibe since it's against federal law and I don't anyway. Again, unprofessional and I should have not interviewed with someone who didn't have the power to hire. Received impersonal "thanks but no thanks" email two days later. I have over 20 years of customer service experience, what do they want? Not impressed.
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Question 1
Tell me about your favorite job? What does good customer service mean to you?
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Fred Meyer
Interview
I showed up early (maybe too early) and the interview was extremely brief, about five minutes. I was only asked three questions regarding customer service (how you treat customers, how you've been treated as a customer, etc). I thought I did pretty well but didn't get the job. The interviewer was very nice though.