Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Card Factory as 50% positive with a difficulty rating score of 1.75 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Key Holder and Assistant Manager rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Sales Associate and Seasonal Sales Assistant roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at Card Factory takes an average of 3 days when considering 8 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 Sales Assistant had the quickest hiring process (on average 4 days), whereas Sales Assistant roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 4 days).
I had a telephone interview where I was asked ‘tell me about yourself’ and ‘why do you want this job’ and was then given the job straight away no further questions were asked
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Question 1
Tell me about yourself and why do you want this job
I applied online. I interviewed at Card Factory (Nottingham, England) in Apr 2026
Interview
The Manager was very open and enthusiastic about the role and interview process. The interview basically was a knowledge pool for me to know more about management's role and how we can better do to up the sales.
the interview process was a relaxed chat within the shop lasting about 15 mins and discussing the role of sales assistant and could pick up hours in other local shops