Senior Category Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Chewy with 3.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 44% positive. To compare, the company-average is 46% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Category Manager roles take an average of 34 days to get hired, when considering 9 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Chewy overall takes an average of 18 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Chewy as a Senior Category Manager according to 9 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 43%
One on one interview: 29%
Group panel interview: 14%
Presentation: 7%
Skills test: 7%
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Phone screen with recruiter, 45 minutes with hiring manager, 45 minutes with hiring manager's supervisor, panel of 4, 45 min cross functional interviews. Okay interviews, feedback was very poor and interviewers were stuck to a script and only wanted to hear what they were digging for instead of letting me (the candidate) give the answer I felt was best.
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Tell me about a time you used data to convince leadership of a new strategic initiative.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Chewy (Bellevue, WA) in Mar 2025
Interview
Met with recruiter via phone screen. Interviewed with HM via video call. HM gave a ton of info about the role, then did back and forth questions. Information given was pretty detailed.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked me to describe an accomplishment where the problem required bringing multiple teams/personnel together across adversarial lines.
In my interview, we agreed that I would be a match for a different role. From there, despite several follow-up emails, I was ghosted as expected. Interviewers, however were nice and explained the company and role very well.