Columbia Sportswear interview questions
Updated May 12, 2026Difficulty
Easy
Experience
Mostly positive
How others got an interview
- 8%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 5%RecruiterRecruiter
- 4%OtherOther
- 3%In PersonIn Person
- 2%Staffing AgencyStaffing Agency
- 1%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
Interview search
243 interviews
Columbia Sportswear interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Columbia Sportswear as 58.9% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.48 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for MDM Specialist and Principal Software Engineer rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Stock Clerk and Web Developer roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at Columbia Sportswear takes an average of 17 days when considering 214 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 Supply Chain had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Business Systems Analyst roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 150 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at Columbia Sportswear according to 214 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 27%
One on one interview: 24%
Background check: 13%
Group panel interview: 12%
Skills test: 7%
Drug test: 7%
Presentation: 5%
Personality test: 2%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Other: 0%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
- Sales Associate(240) ;
- Retail Sales Associate(108) ;
- Store Manager(30) ;
- Retail Associate(22) ;
- Assistant Manager(20) ;
- Floor Supervisor(19) ;
- Warehouse Associate(19) ;
- Assistant Store Manager(18) ;
- Supervisor(16) ;
- Retail Supervisor(15) ;
- Sales Associate/Cashier(14) ;
- Stock Associate(14) ;
- Freight Supervisor(10) ;
- Manager(10) ;
- Cashier(9) .