Bloomingdale's Interview Questions & Reviews

Interview Details – applied online and was contacted by hr soon after. super unorganized interview process. had to travel to chicago and come in i believe 5 different times to meet everyone and be interviewed by them. By the time i was interviewed by the head hr manager we sat down, she opened my file and asked me what position i was interviewing for because she didn't even know! And as if that wasn't bad enough, after I told her I was interviewing for SMT, she goes on to tell me that oh well unfortunately I just filled all the SMT positions (whyyy was I there then I have no idea). When all was said and done, I was offered a Specialist position with the promise that opportunities to become SMT would arise quickly in the future. LIE. after working there for about 10 months and being completely miserable I finally quit because this company is the definition of micro-management and you will have absolutely no life if you work there. I couldnt even get a simple weekend off for my siblings wedding.

Interview Details – Applied online for the job, and received and email invite to participate in a 1-on-1 interview with the HR manager. After passing, I had an interview with the selling manager a few days later. The same I was given a job offer.

Interview Details – Typical sales/cs questions. Experience? How would you approach a customer?

Interview Details – I applied online on the companies website. I received and email 2 days later to schedule an interview. I went to the interview and waited about 25 minutes to be seen. The HR lady that interviewed was very nice and friendly. She makes you feel comfortable. We went over my past work experience, and she also worked in interview questions in the process. I was asked the basic questions like Why do you want to work for Bloomingdales?, What is outstanding customer service in your opinion, What would is your idea of an ideal manager? In the end, she told me she had no part time positions for the position i was looking for and she would keep my application pending. She gave me her card and told me to contact her.

Interview Details – I applied online at the store website and a week later I received an e-mail wanting to schedule an interview with me. I couldn't attend the interview on the date that they assigned me. (They only gave me one date with several time slots and the date was 4 days after I received the e-mail. I waited for another week to see if they have a different time slots and I finally got to schedule an interview with them) I arrived at the HR and waited for a little bit until the HR manager called me. She asked me basic questions related to the resume I submit online, nothing difficult. Then she asked me if I could stay and talk to the handbag manager in a little bit. I stayed and got another interview with the handbag manager whom asked me a couple of scenario questions and customer service related questions. Again, nothing difficult. Both interviews took about 20 minutes each.

Negotiation Details – Non negotiable

Interview Details – I filled out new hire paperwork before we even getting interviewed. They may have been desperate to fill the position at the time.

Interview Details – I submitted my resume through the on campus interview process. Had my first round interview had 2 interviews on campus with the recruiter and a buyer where they asked mostly behavioral questions and had an online retail math assessment test. The final round was in the executive offices where it was a whole day spent on various things that included a retail math assessment, shadowing a buyer, lunch, a group buying exercise, and 3 more behavioral interviews.

Interview Details – Resume submission, contacted for interview, two online assessments

Interview Details – There are two levels involved in the interview process for this type of position. You will be working for not only Bloomingdale's as a Sales Associate, but also for the cosmetic vendor, in this case Clinique. You will first meet with the ASM (Area Sales Manager) of the Cosmetics Department. Your second interview will with either a representative of Clinique, or the Human Resources Manager of the store in which you applied. Helpful advice: prove that you are aware of meeting and exceeding sales goals, maintaining and growing customer relationships and you have no problem asking each and every customer to open up a store charge card.

Negotiation Details – There was no room for negotiation. I was told what the hourly rate was, plus given a 3% commission. Performance after one year increased my salary by 0.93 cents.