West Elm
Part of Williams-Sonoma, Inc.
Engaged Employer
West Elm interview questions
Easy interview difficulty
Mostly positive interview experience
How others got an interview
- 30%In PersonIn Person
- 8%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 8%OtherOther
- 5%RecruiterRecruiter
- 1%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
Interview search
165 interviews
West Elm interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at West Elm as 63.2% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.38 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Production and Upper Management rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Account Manager and Inventory Planner roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at West Elm takes an average of 18 days when considering 147 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 Associate Designer had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Textile Designer roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 90 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at West Elm according to 147 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 39%
Phone interview: 19%
Skills test: 11%
Background check: 7%
Group panel interview: 7%
Presentation: 7%
Personality test: 4%
Drug test: 4%
Other: 2%
IQ intelligence test: 1%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
- Sales Associate(141) ;
- Designer(63) ;
- Home Stylist(47) ;
- Stock Associate(27) ;
- Visual Merchandiser(26) ;
- Interior Designer(24) ;
- Assistant Manager(21) ;
- General Manager(21) ;
- Manager(16) ;
- Retail Sales Associate(16) ;
- Sales(9) ;
- Assistant Store Manager(8) ;
- Operations Manager(8) ;
- Visual Associate(8) ;
- In-Home Stylist(7) .
