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Updated May 25, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Marketing at ShopKo Stores
Posted May 25, 2012
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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 May 2012 in Green Bay, WI (took 4+ weeks)
This company is very unorganized in their HR department. Upon walking in for the interview, I found out the hr person I was to talk with was going to be meeting with someone else. I heard another interview candidate mention his name. The hr contact told me I was being interviewed for one position, during the interview I found out it was for another position. Not a professional way to do business, especially when I prepared to interview for the other job.
Don't expect to be reimbursed for travel expenses. I drove nearly 300 miles round-trip and was offered nothing. Shopko is a large corporation and should act like one. I was told to check back often with hr to see my status. When I did after a few weeks, it took them more than a week to reply. I didn't feel they valued me, my time or my skill set.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Buyer/Purchasing-Fixtures at ShopKo Stores
Posted May 19, 2012
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed May 2012 (took 1 week)
I interviewed for a Buying position. From the outset I asked the HR rep to explain the immediate needs of the buying department so that I could relate my skills. The pupose was to offer a solution.
HR did not give much feedback and was evasive about when she wanted to fill the job and what the expectations were. She asked a series of questions like a nurse doing a patient intake. Why do you want this job? What are your strengths? Weaknesses? Attention to detail? In the background, I could here clackity-clack on the keyboard and wondered if she was truly listening? Her only response was "Great" or "Nice", but really did not seem to be actively engaged. When I asked for her feedback as to whether my skills aligned to Shopko's needs she misunderstood the question to be about my performance.
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Reason for Declining
I declined the offer because the phone interview was very sterile and cold. Amy was very polite, but aloof from the conversation that I felt "alone" in the process. She didn't seem interested in knowing me as what I can offer Shopko. In order for me to give, I require mutuality and a warm connection.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Executive Merchandise Trainee at ShopKo Stores
Posted Apr 30, 2012
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2012 (took 2 weeks)
My interview process began with campus recruiting at a job fair. I met with one of the Human Resource Managers who told me to apply online. Less than a week after applying online I had a phone interview with a corporate recruiter that lasted approximately one hour. Questions were a blend of behavioral and "about you" questions. He was very friendly, enthusiastic, and asked great follow up questions.
After the phone interview I had to wait a couple days before I knew the results of our interview. I successfully made it to a group interview. There were 11 other candidates from various universities, mostly business, retail, and apparel/design majors. We had a one hour intro session, in which we heard from 3 different corporate executives (one was a vice president). It was a calm and relaxed environment and each of the individuals taking charge of the intro session was equally as friendly as the corporate recruiter.
Next candidates moved into 3 rounds of 1:1 interviews, each lasting approximately 40 minutes. The interview questions were somewhat repetitive and took up about 25-30 minutes of the allotted time. Definitely come prepared with questions - and specific ones at that.
After the round of 1:1 interviews, we had a store tour given by two different employees. They essentially pointed out different aspects of branding, product placement and space planning, and things of that nature.
I received an email about my status (did not receive an offer) less than 48 hours after this process. I called the corporate recruiter for feedback and left him a voicemail message, which was never returned.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Store Management Trainee Program at ShopKo Stores
Posted Apr 21, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2012 in Murray, UT (took 2 months)
Shopko came to my University Career Fair and we scheduled a first interview on-campus for the following day. This interview was with 2 Shopko employees, 1 was a recruiter and the other was a store manager of a local branch. It went for about 30 minutes with several "get to know you" questions and several "behavioral" type questions. Didn't hear anything for over a month then out of the blue I received an email for an interview in one of the Shopko stores nearby. This was a panel interview with 3 individuals. THe same store manager I met with a month ago, the District manager, and the HR director that was over the region. They made it comfortable for me and asked a bunch of behavioral questions. Waiting to hear back now...
Interview Questions
Tell us about yourself
What interests you about retail?
Other Details
I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview.
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Loss Prevention Investigator at ShopKo Stores
Posted Mar 8, 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 Jun 2011 (took 2 weeks)
All of Shopko's applications are done online. You are first required to report any criminal history and are then asked to take a personality test. The best advice I can give is to answer the questions as if you were Mr. Rogers, not Loss Prevention. The rest of the application consists of your typical application info. The first interview was with the LP Manager and the second with the Store Manager. They waived the final interview with the Regional LP Supervisor because I had previous experience.
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Negotiation Details
I took the $12.00 an hour wage they offered me because it is what I had asked for on the application. I've heard this is highest pay they start investigators at but I could be wrong.
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Personality Test and a Background Check.
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Loss Prevention Investigator at ShopKo Stores
Posted Mar 4, 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 May 2011 in Union Gap, WA (took 3 days)
They ask about previous challenges you have overcome as well as how you overcame them. One of the questions asked is "Why do you want to work for Shopko?" It's good to know facts about Shopko and smile as well as answer all the questions competently. The 1st interview was with the store manager and assistant store manager. The 2nd interview was with the store manager from my store and a store manager from another store. The third interview was a phone interview with the District Loss Prevention Manager. In the third interview you are asked how you would rate your temper on a scale of 1-10. 10 being a high temper.
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Negotiation Details
Take what you can get. Bilingual LPIs make 50 cents extra.
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Background Check.
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Cashier at ShopKo Stores
Posted Nov 10, 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 2009 in Rapid City, SD (took a day)
I applied online. A few days later, I got a call. The interview took about 30-40mins. A few days later, I was hired. People very nice. Company not nice.
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Negotiation Details
No negotiations.
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Background Check.
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Advertising at ShopKo Stores
Posted Sep 20, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2011 in Green Bay, WI (took 2 months)
I was recruited by HR and had several phone interviews before my information could be passed on to the hiring managers. I had interviews with six individuals, was told that everything was looking extremely good and that they were very excited that I was still interested in the position, although it could be a couple weeks until all other interviews were done.
Cue crickets...
A month later I sent a chatty email to the HR person asking for an update.
Cue crickets...
Two weeks later I got a curt reply that I had been told it would take a while.
Cue crickets...
Two months later position was reposted - I sent an upbeat email that I was still interested.
Cue crickets...
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Other Details
I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Executive Merchandise Traine at ShopKo Stores
Posted Mar 31, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2011 in Green Bay, WI (took 2 weeks)
First I applied online the same day I got received a call from an hr person. We scheduled a phone interview for later that week ( mostly about my resume). After that the same day I another hr person called me to come schedule an in person interview. She mentioned that they were interviewing about 20 people for this position in person.
At the in person interview there were 6 other candidates that interviewed at the same time. We were each brought to different people in the company at the same time for one on one interviews, this happened three times. We also met the CEO and Chief Merchandiser Officer.
The questions at the in person interview were mostly about why I wanted to get into retail.
The company seems to be heavily female dominated and a lot of graduates from Stout who studied something regarding retail.
Everyone was extremely nice!!
Still waiting to hear back
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Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Background Check.
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General Merchandise Manager at ShopKo Stores
Posted Feb 12, 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 Mar 2009 in Green Bay, WI (took 4+ weeks)
It was easy.
Interview Questions
Negotiation Details
No negotiation, it was a take it or leave it deal
Other Details
The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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