The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Grainger in Sep 2009
Interview
I had submitted resume online and contacted corporate to ensure that I could be in position for interview.There was a phone interview with corporate yet needed some influence to be interviewed regionally. I networked to get in position for the interview regionally and was alerted that I would be contacted during that interview cycle.I had a 1-1, an interview with another manager, and also a panel interview separately over the course of three interviews with about 2-3weeks between each interview.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
What will be your biggest challenge selling for this company?
I applied online. I interviewed at Grainger (Saskatoon, SK) in Apr 2026
Interview
Initial interview was easy, just asked about what you know about the company and STAR based. Although was told I would be interviewing in the next round and they really put that into my head only to get a one sentence email at 1am saying they went a different direction. Extremely misleading.
They asked STAR questions and very template questions just to fill in the pages per the manager. Although it could change since I went through this 6 years ago. They are stock driven, so learn a little about their market price and how they play in the industry.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me a time when you have to make a very difficult decision.
They do interviews in the typical STAR format. Very tiring as they ask you a ton of questions. If you can handle that kind of thing you'll be fine but the average interview is like 40 minutes of straight questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Desribe a time where you had to deal with a difficult customer. What was the issue and how did you overcome it.