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Neutral	17%
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2.0

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Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Jul 2010 in Kennewick, WA (took 3 days)

Never heard of the place. Walked in and asked for a manager and talked to them. Kept getting the (nothing available scenario). finally after several weeks I got an interview that lasted about 10 minutes. I went back 3 days later got two more interviews with two different managers and was hired.

Interview Questions

How would you treat a member if they were being really unreasonable with you?

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I applied In-Person and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Jul 2008 (took 2 days)

The online interview took a while. I had to call back a few times to get an interview because they kept forgetting to call me back. Went through two interviews, on my second interview i was given a drug test. I was offered the job after the second interview, pending my background check. Went through a couple of hours of orientation.

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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Personality Test, a Drug Test and a Background Check.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Declined Offer

Interviewed Jun 2008 in Houston, TX (took 2 days)

The interview was a three-step process. Most questions were typical interview questions: How do you deal with conflict, strengths, weaknesses, experience, why Costco?, etc. Dress semi-professional: nice slacks and top, no suit necessary for cashier position. Be relaxed and personable, the three managers that interviewed me in separate 1 on 1 occasions were very friendly.

Interview Questions

Tell me about a difficult customer and how you handled the situation.

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What is your greatest weakness and how do you work through it?

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Reason for Declining

Distance, and decided to stay at the current job at the time.

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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Presentation and a Drug Test.

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4.0

Difficult Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Jun 2010 (took 4+ weeks)

Our Costco is being built and over 4000 people applied. I got called for an interview and was face to face with two managers who asked me very detailed questions about past job-related situations. The interview lasted 30 minutes and when it was done, they told me that had actually done TWO interviews. They told me I was going to have a 3rd interview the next week.
They called a few days later to schedule the interview with the General Manager. That was very laid back, went over some of the same information and questions. I got called the next week with a job offer. I went in for a drug test and it took 14 days for them to call back and schedule the training and orientation.

Interview Questions

Tell me about a problem you had with one of your co-workers and how did you handle it?

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Tell me about a time when you were rewarded for doing an outstanding job?

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Tell me about a time that you had to do a job that was outside of your normal duties

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Other Details

I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Personality Test, a Drug Test and a Background Check.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Mar 2010 (took 1 week)

Walk in basis. Talked with manager and got a call that afternoon to set up an interview for next week.
Fingers crossed.

Interview Questions

I was just happy /surprised to be offered a position.

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I applied In-Person and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.

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4.0

Difficult Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Jan 2010 in Rockwall, TX (took 1 week)

I applied for a cashier position online after receiving a notice that I was going to be laid off at my previous employer. I got a phone call for an interview about four days after I applied. I was interviewed by a supervisor and another supervisor that was just writing my responses. They asked me about my experiences from my previous job. I thought the interview was going well, until they asked me questions that are more relevant to Costco. Considering that my family recently purchased a membership and I have been there only two times, I had to kind of BS those questions to the best of my ability. Needless to say, I did not get the job, and learned to do some research before an interview.