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Interviewed Apr 2010 in Atlanta, GA (took a day)

After completing an online application for a new position, I received a call about 4 weeks later. The HR person on the phone asked qualifying type questions very basic and a few short situational questions. Received another call back from a departmental HR asked that I come for an interview with the hiring manager. The next day wroked great, very informal, borrowed office, business casual dress, but I wore a suit and had a copy of my esume ad references should he need it. The interview was friendly enough as he and his supervisor there talking notes as as Ianswered 8-9 behavioral based questions (STAR). Completing this part, they asked me to sit outside for about 10 minutes. At this point, i WASN'TVERY IMPRESSED.

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Name a time were your were approciated by an angry customer who

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Negotiation Details

They called me back, both men seemed happy to offer a simple $10.00/hour to start. I stated I wasn't expecting $10 but more in the range of $14-$15/hour. The reply was that the starting range 9.50 to 10.00.
So I took it (needed towork full time) I figure I could loosepotential income by stayingat that level to train. There was no real negotiating involved.

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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Sep 2010 in Boise, ID (took 2 weeks)

I was a Home Depot vendor and had a good relationship with the Merchandising Execution Manager prior to my employment.. I had a brief phone interview with this manager prior to doing a panel interview consisting of a Supervisor and the HR Manager. The process also involved a fictitious interaction with a "customer" to explain a product to them.

Interview Questions

Have you ever had to deal with a difficult customer?

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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Skills Test.

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1.0

Very Easy Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Dec 2010 in Vernon Hills, IL (took a day)

Sat down with the Merch. Exec. Mgr. and he asked me about 5 questions as it relates to my past experience and how it would apply to this job. Very easy questions.

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Describe a time when you had to meet a specific deadline although you had a lot on your plate.

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Negotiation Details

Before the interview, I did research on what the positions paid and found that on average it paid 3 dollars more an hour than what they were offering me. In the end, I was told that the pay for this particular position has gone down in the last year and was no longer as high. I feel that was nonsense.

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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.

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2.0

Easy Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Aug 2009 in Philadelphia, PA (took 2 months)

The whole process seemed fairly standard for retail, they score you with some paper they have. It also seemed to take longer than it should. The one on one was about average but I had to keep coming back to fill out some paper about this or that, pretty annoying. It made me think that it could be run a little more organized. Also, interestingly I was hired about two months before the job actually started.

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You are asked to role play as an experienced garden associate and the interviewer as a new guy and he needs help figuring out the differences between string trimmers (weed whackers).

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Negotiation Details

There were no negotiations, I was asked what did I make now and when I answered my now manager said something to the effect of I can swing that. Which lead me to believe It was more than average or about average. My advice to others would be know the pay scale which is about $9-$11 an hour.