I applied online. The process took 6 days. I interviewed at World Market (Crystal Lake, IL) in Apr 2016
Interview
Got a phone call from the general manager of the store, took a while to get in touch with him. He was the general manager of the store I was applying to and another store. Called the number he gave me and an associate said he was headed to the other store, but I called the other store and an associate there said he wasn't coming in today and I left a message. I called the first store the next morning and finally get in touch with him to set up an interview.
The morning of the interview, I show up right when the store opened, as I was instructed to do. The general manager comes in a couple minutes later, talking on the phone, tells me to give him a couple minutes and to walk around the store. I do that for around 15 minutes and he finally comes out to do the interview. The interview lasted only a couple minutes. He seemed like a nice enough guy, but I was still irked about getting in touch with him and the fact that I had to wait to talk to him. Lastly, I was expecting to get a call informing me of the decision, but instead I received an automated email saying that I didn't get a second interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why World Market?
Greatest strengths?
Opportunities for growth?
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at World Market (Charleston, SC) in Sep 2013
Interview
The first interview was over the phone and lasted about 20 minutes. If you do well on that interview, you then have an appt. set up with the Territory Manager.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
You are asked about your previous experience. Then you are asked some behavioral and situational questions such as disagreeing with your manager and what was the outcome, customer complaints and how they were resolved, how you handled projects while working with a team and every team member was not contributing, etc... explain a time when you did not get the assignment completed, etc...
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at World Market (Concord, CA) in Jan 2012
Interview
A three person panel read me a series of questions that mostly referred to typical situations I have had in my past career, especially to do with leadership. The interview took 45 minutes to an hour and all were members of the Cost Plus leadership team including HR>
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell about a time I had to deal with a difficult person, what did I do and what was the result?