I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at H&M in Sep 2014
Interview
I was a candidate with over 5 years of retail experience and managerial experience. I wanted to go to H&M because I couldn't handle being a full time manager and a full time student. However I wasn't offered a job, maybe because I asked for too much ? ($11/h) or my school schedule, or what I think was the feedback that one of my teammates left me at the end of the group interview.
I applied online earlier this month of September 2014. I then got emailed to set up a phone interview, then a one-on-one interview and then a group interview. I'll discuss each individually
Phone Interview: Pretty basic interview questions such as "Why H&M", "When have you provided exceptional customer service and why", "When have you gave feedback to a coworker or corrected his matakes" etc. Easy.
One-on-One Interview: Very similar questions to the phone interview. The lady was very sweet and nice and told me that they are looking to change the entire H&M because they realized that their customer service isn't very good. As soon as the interview was over she told me to come in the following week for a second group interview. Easy.
Group Interview: This was an interactive interview to see how you would work in the store. It was very interactive and some even extremely difficult. I had never seen an H&M worker work that hard and I shop at H&M frequently. I won't say what the activities were because they kindly asked not to disclose them.
Engaging and interactive, having opportunity to engage with managers and customers at the same time. Actual sit down interviews were fairly brief/in groups with opportunity to shadow during business hours.
"The interview process went smoothly and I felt confident in my answers. I made sure to mention my customer service experience and I felt I connected well with both the interviewers and the other candidates in the group."
Asked general questions about the company, what I liked etc. Also asked when I worked in a team/examples of previous times I showed teamwork. Make sure to do research on company!