I applied online. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Walmart (Philadelphia, PA) in Jan 2012
Interview
I applied online for a few locations. About a week later, I received a call from a store. I missed the call and they never even left a voicemail. I called THEM back immediately, so that they could schedule an interview.
Within a couple days, I showed up for my interview at night. It took about 15 minutes just to wait for the manager. Things seemed disorganized and the employees seemed unhappy.
The interview involved two managers.
I had an interview with one of the assistant managers who was funny and friendly. The questions were long and typical behavioral questions, and I thought it went pretty well. The manager "graded" the answers, which ultimately impacted my chances on landing the job. Most of my answers were above expectations.
The second interview involved most of the same questions, but it was longer. The woman just stared when I answered the questions with no emotional response and seemed unhappy. She scored my answers mostly as satisfactory. I was kind of feeling down by the end of it because I was unsure if I got the job based on her reactions. She also told me the pay rate, which was lower than it actually was due to my department paying higher. She told me it would be FT and the hours, and that if I got the position, it would be overnight.
I also submitted a background check.
I was called within a couple days and sometime before my orientation I took a drug test. Make sure you arrive early in the morning before anyone else like I did, so that you're not waiting for hours on end.
Not too long afterwards, I received a call from HR personnel for orientation.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I don't remember detailed questions. Mostly, "Explain a time you provided excellent customer service/project/worked as a team/ or when you dealt with a difficult situation... and how did your respond?" Some questions involving when you made a mistake or encountered a problem with co-worker or manager. Several questions and mostly repetitive.
I applied through other source. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Walmart (Pocatello, ID) in Oct 2009
Interview
Speaking plainly, Wal Mart is usually so desperate for help that they will hire almost anyone. Mostly the interview process is just to see if you are more or less civilized and willing to work. To their credit, Wal Mart does seem to get rid of dead beats and uncivilized people very quickly, if they hire them by mistake to begin with. Mostly, seriously over worked lower level management and a member of management do the interviewing and make the hiring decisions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Mostly, I was just asked what my work experiences had been, and whether I could work under time constraints and whether I could deal with frequent interuptions.. ie.. to jump from one task to another, with customers interupting these multi tasking episodes. I said yes, not really realizing what I was getting myself into.