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Updated Feb 7, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Merchant Assistant at Bloomingdale's
Posted Feb 7, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2012 in New York, NY (took a day)
I got an email saying that they wanted me to come in for an interview at their Human Resources department in NYC. I had to log on to the account made when you apply and pick from a list of set times on a certain date. You can not pick another date. Times are also first-come first-serve.
When you go, you sit in a waiting room with little rooms and offices all around specifically for interviews. You wait with about ten other people waiting to be interviewed. Interview questions were ALL behavioral. "Tell me about a time you had a disagreement with an employee and how you dealt with it." "Tell me about your most demanding manager and how you dealt with it." Etc etc.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Contemporary Designers Sales at Bloomingdale's
Posted Jan 26, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2012 in New York, NY (took 1 week)
Really Interesting interview process. Applied online to get an Email days later asking me to confirm an interview at the Human Resources 2 weeks in advance. The day came and I interviewed with a lady from human resources and after the interview she said she wanted me to meet the sales floor manager and so I interviewed with her too. After the interview, the sales manager said she wanted me to meet two other managers (group manager, and divisional merchandise manager) so that was arranged three days after that. That day came and I interviewed with the group manager of which after my interview took me to meet the divisional merchandise manager. After Interviewed with them both, the original manager (Sales Manager) picked me up and took me back to HR, then offered me the position. From what i was able to perceive, they basically screen you and make sure that you are eligible to meet the next manager in the ladder. The whole process may sound a little daunting but everyone was really amazing and extremely nice and professional. By far one of the most challenging and best interviewing experience i've had.
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There really isn't any room to negotiate as the offer usually is really reasonable with really good benefits and/or commissions.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Personality Test.
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Customer Service at Bloomingdale's
Posted Jan 14, 2012
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed May 2011 (took a day)
very brief. The people were friendly, and the environment was very welcoming. The interview was very easy. They just asked me how I can provide excellent customer service
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Merchant Assistant at Bloomingdale's
Posted Jan 7, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2011 in New York, NY (took 2 weeks)
I wanted to transfer within the company. My manager sent my resume and cover letter directly over to the Buying Department so I didn't have to go through HR. I had to take an excel test (which was not too challenging, but not a breeze as you have to learn how to take the test itself).
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Skills Test.
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Assistant Buyer at Bloomingdale's
Posted Jan 4, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2010 in New York, NY (took a day)
Submitted resume online and received email notification of an interview. The interview consisted of a personality/IQ test (written) and 3 1:1 interviews. Very basic and standard questions, but the 3 people had very different personalities.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test and a Personality Test.
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Evening/Weekends Sales Associate at Bloomingdale's
Posted Jan 5, 2012 — 0 of 1 people found this helpful
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 in New York, NY (took a day)
Set up a time to interview with online scheduling system. Checked in with security and sat in a waiting room in the HR office with about 20 other people. Was called back by HR manager who talked to me about my resume and what I'd like to do if hired. She had me sit back in the waiting room, called me back a few minutes later to tell me that she'd like me to speak with the sales manager for a specific department. Was called back to a different room and went over my resume and what I'd like to do at the company with the sales manager. She left the room, came back, and offered me a position. We set up training and my first week schedule on the spot.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Merchant Assistant at Bloomingdale's
Posted Dec 16, 2011
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2011 in New York, NY (took 1 week)
I was first contacted and asked to take a set of skills tests that were timed. The questions varied but involved retail math, critical thinking, and problem solving scenarios. I was contacted a week later after I completed the tests and was called in for a interview.
My interview was rushed and hurried because the HR person I interviewed with had to be in a meeting that he forgot about. I could tell he wasn't really listening and was rushing me even to the point of cutting me off. The interview was maybe 10 min.
I was notified via email a week later stating that I did not get the position. I was diheartned and felt that it was because the guy I interviewed with wasn't listening or tuned in because he other priorities.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.
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Buyer at Bloomingdale's
Posted Dec 12, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2011 (took a day)
I had 2 back to back interviews, first with an HR person and then with a buyer. The HR person asked the typical how do you work in a team questions and the buyer had more operational questions.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Sales Associate at Bloomingdale's
Posted Nov 30, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2011 in New York, NY (took a day)
I interviewed for a position at the Soho Bloomingdale's location in New York City. It was a basic one on one interview conducted in a small room in the basement of the store.
The recruiter was reading the questions from a sheet of paper.
"You have a customer who is dissatisfied, how do you handle the situation"?
"What is your idea of customer service"?
I felt I answered all of the questions well. However, this store location has a very youthful vibe and I was fairly certain I would not be offered a job here and was not surprised when no offer was forthcoming.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Sales Manager Trainee at Bloomingdale's
Posted Nov 13, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2011 in San Francisco, CA (took 4 weeks)
The interview process consisted with five separate interviews 1:1 interview, one of which is a coaching exercise/ evaluation , and three online assessment: a 10 minutes answer as many questions as you can; a personality test and a logic test. The timeline may seem long but they were responsive and moved through the process fairly quickly. I personally interviewed with the human resource manger, the store manger and the two mangers directly beneath the store manager. Before considering to apply for the position I recommend going to the store you would want to work to observe the client-associate interactions and make sure you dress business conservative; image is important.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test, a Personality Test and a Background Check.
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