I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Ralph Lauren (New York, NY) in May 2019
Interview
It was quite a long process for me. I got an interview through an advisor who put me in contact with someone from the team. I spoke on the phone with someone around Feb, which was more an exploratory phone call to discuss what my interests where. Then she told me to reach out to her in May, after I graduated. Contacted her in May and I immediately got the first interview with HR. The interview went really well and I got a second-round interview with the Senior Merchandiser. I thought that also went pretty well. I sent the merchandiser a thank you email after we spoke, never heard back from her. A week goes by and I email the HR woman I originally interviewed with and again, no response. I wait a couple more days to send a brief to follow up simply just asking if the positions been taken... no response. At this point I get the hint, however, I have interviewed with many retail companies and this is the first time I have ever experienced this level of unprofessionalism within a corporate team. It takes less than a minute to send a generic email saying you've decided to go with another candidate. I also see that others have had a similar experience and I just find it really rude since I was so excited about the position.
Two interviews in a week meeting with two different members. They were friendly and willing to answer questions about the job. Very short interviews. Asked me so many questions on accountability that made me feel like this job was going to be in a toxic environment
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Ralph Lauren (New York, NY) in Mar 2021
Interview
Everyone was really welcoming and nice- great interview process overall! Being over prepared on what answers I wanted to give definitely helped. There was one brief call with someone to go over basic questions and then two official interview rounds after that.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Ralph Lauren (New York, NY) in Nov 2020
Interview
Standard interview process. Met with hiring manager, HR, and 1-2 other colleagues from the team. Straight forward interview questions about prior experience, working with others, why Ralph Lauren, etc. Team was friendly and seemed to like working at RL.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why do you want to work here? Asked about experience at prior company.