I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Walmart (Dothan, AL) in Jun 2011
Interview
I was called by an associate and I was set up for an interview the next day. I got there 10 minutes early and was told by one of the members of management to wait in the site-to-store area for the woman. She greeted me when she eventually arrived and I was lead to the back of the store into an office where three other employees were working (making phone calls, talking to each other, etc.). The woman gave me my information that was printed on a few sheets of paper that I was given to look over and confirm. After that, she began to read directly off of a piece of paper several interview questions. All of them dealt with telling her about situations where I took charge or was given a task. I was not prepared for these. The woman didn't seem to enthused about being there, either. When we were done, I was asked to exit through the site-to-store area and that she would call me. She has yet to call.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a situation in which you took charge of the problem, how you solved it, how you gathered information about it, and the outcome of your decisions.
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Walmart in Oct 2010
Interview
As someone who has sat in on about 80 Wal-Mart interviews I know that you MUST call to get an interview. Some stores have over 1000 applications in their systems.
Interviews are structured and usually require 2-3 interviews before an offer is made.
First you will come in and be interviewed by a low level manager. They will ask you questions from a standard set of questions. Your answers are graded from a 1-5.
All questions are scenario based (describe a time where you...) You must give a positive example to pass. They will grade each of your questions. If you pass all the questions (usually about 10) you will go on to the next manager, usually a store manager. They will ask similar questions and about the same quantity. If you pass there is an option to be interviewed again but this is not typical.
Unless there is a lot of competition they will tell you right away if you are being offered a job.
Prepare for at least three hours for the interviews. Also, be sure to have good references on your application. Many times they will call them during the interview to ask about you. If you are hired you will have to take a drug test within 24 hours.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Describe a time where you had to follow a rule you didn't agree with