Academy Sports + Outdoors interview questions
Updated Apr 28, 2026Difficulty
Easy
Experience
Very positive
How others got an interview
- 9%In PersonIn Person
- 5%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 3%RecruiterRecruiter
- 2%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
- 1%OtherOther
Interview search
734 interviews
Academy Sports + Outdoors interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Academy Sports + Outdoors as 68.8% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.03 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Work At Home Telephone Customer Service Representative and Sales Asscociates rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Assistant Teacher and Apparel Lead roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at Academy Sports + Outdoors takes an average of 13 days when considering 725 user submitted interviews across all job titles. To compare, the average duration of hiring at similar companies like BlackRock, Inc. is 14 days, Fabricated Software, Inc. is 2 days, and Apple Inc. is 21 days. Candidates applying for Merchandise Planner had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Customer Support roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 360 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at Academy Sports + Outdoors according to 725 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 30%
Background check: 16%
Phone interview: 16%
Drug test: 11%
Skills test: 7%
Group panel interview: 6%
Personality test: 5%
Presentation: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Other: 1%
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