Powell's Books interview questions
Updated Jul 17, 2025Difficulty
Average
Experience
Very positive
How others got an interview
- 7%In PersonIn Person
- 3%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
Interview search
32 interviews
Powell's Books interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Powell's Books as 69% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3.13 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Store Manager and Software Engineer rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Generalist and RDC Warehouse Entry Level roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at Powell's Books takes an average of 13 days when considering 31 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 Holiday Cashier had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Part Time Sales Associate roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 42 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at Powell's Books according to 31 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 55%
One on one interview: 21%
Phone interview: 10%
Background check: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Other: 2%
Drug test: 2%
Presentation: 2%
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- Generalist I(2) ;
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