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Updated Dec 20, 2011 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Department Manager at Lowe's
Posted Dec 20, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2011 in Belle Vernon, PA (took a day)
I was contacted by the HR Manager to see if I was still interested in the position I applied for and if so when could an interview be scheduled. The HR Manager gave me two dates to choose from when I could come in and we both agreed upon a time. She indicated that the interview would take about 45 minutes. I arrived 15 minutes before my scheduled time. I was interviewed by the HR Manager and the Store Manager in which they took turns asking me questions.
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Department Manager at Lowe's
Posted Nov 15, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2011 (took a day)
Can you interview at two tomorrow? This question represents the imformal manner in which interviews are handled with current employees. The answer, in my case, was yes of course.
The following day I sat with two ASMs who asked the typical LOWES questions. These questions carry too much weight, as the answers can be pure fiction and they would never know. The managers who do not have the final say transfer your score onward. This part of the process was simple and relaxed.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Department Manager at Lowe's
Posted Aug 1, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed May 2011 (took 1 week)
I was an internal hire so my interview was by phone since I did not live in the city I applied to. Applied on the Lowe's employee web site and received a call about a week later to set up a phone interview. Interview consisted of questions that I was very familiar with because I had interviewed for this position before. I knew the questions before I was asked so it made it very easy. The interviewers look for enthusiastic responses and responses that speak of teamwork.
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Ask for more than they offer. The worst thing they can say is no.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Department Manager at Lowe's
Posted Oct 27, 2010 — 2 of 3 people found this helpful
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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 Atlanta, GA (took 3 weeks)
I did not think that the HR manager that interviewed me first was professional enough. She was not dressed appropriately and she seemed as she did not want to interview me. Nevertheless, I did advance to a second interview. Although the second interviewer was very nice he was NOT my hiring manager. It just seemed as if the whole thing is unprofessional. Also, all the communication that I had with Lowe's HR was via email...I never got a phone call from them. The second interviewer sounded like he really liked me. He even asked me about the department that I prefer to work in!!
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Presentation and a Personality Test.
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Department Manager at Lowe's
Posted May 4, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2008 in Michigan City, IN (took a day)
was a current employee, applied for position after completing the Lowes Employee Management Course, in store training and eight years of experience. I was up against four other people for the position and studied lowes policies, procedures and job requirements as well ast he marketing and operational requirements for the position. Received certification for all areas I was applying for
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Check the requirements and expectations for the job you are applying for
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I applied In-Person and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Department Manager at Lowe's
Posted Mar 17, 2010
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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 Feb 2010 in Houston, TX (took 3+ weeks)
very efficent each step took way too long in their new system but it was worth the weight, it must be very tedious to do all the online stufff. Met with ops mgr, store mgr, human resource mgr, store mgr again, waited 1 week for offer after background, then drug test then started next day after offer.
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non existant
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Skills Test, a Personality Test, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Department Manager at Lowe's
Posted Jan 26, 2010
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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 Feb 2009 (took 4 days)
Received phone call from HR Manager to come for an interview, asked a few simple simple questions then scheduled a date for in person interview.
Initially interviewed with the HR Manager, asked basic question about why I wanted to work with this company. Then asked me about my Background expierence.
2nd interview was with store manager, asked me about my strengths plus weaknesses.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Department Manager at Lowe's
Posted Nov 22, 2009
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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 Jul 2007 (took 3 days)
My interview process was very quick due to their immediate need for employees. Usually the process takes about 3 weeks. Process starts with a phone screening, then an initial interview with the human resource manager if they decide to proceed they will set you up generally with the salaried manager who oversees the position you are applying for, then if they decide to proceed they will set you up with the store manager for a final interview if they would like to hire you they will then proceed with a background check and drug test. After these result's come back they will make you an offer.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Skills Test, a Personality Test, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Department Manager at Lowe's
Posted Nov 10, 2009
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2009 in Dallas, TX (took 5 days)
Asked situational questions. You interview with the store manager and the involved department head or Ops. Mgr. They have a standard list of questons that they ask you. Much the same as the questions for EMTP. You have to kiss a lot of frogs before you find a prince at these interviews. They usually have the person that they want or dont want picked out before you get there. Lowes MAKES them interview 3 candidates.
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None
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The interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview.
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Department Manager at Lowe's
Posted Jul 1, 2009 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2008 in Flint, MI (took 3 days)
I applied for the position through the internal job posting system, I was selected along with 3 other people to interview. During the interview I had a 1 on 1 with the Store Manager, and Zone Manager over the specified area. The Questions asked were situational "Tell me about a time when you were faced with a difficult situation, how did you deal with it, and what was the outcome" All the questions were sales, and customer service based, with a few that consisted of leadership, and development techniques, and also conflict management. The interview was very professional, the expectations for the position were clearly defined, with an opportunity to discuss them on the spot. Advice I can give to someone interviewing, Be confident, know what you are talking about, and don't stop talking until they stop you.
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There was no negotiation opportunity, since I was an internal candidate and I was bound by the corporate pay scale. I either took what they offered, or they would give it to someone else.
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The interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview.
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