I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Whole Foods Market (Lafayette, LA) in Aug 2014
Interview
I received an email from one of the graphic artists in charge of hiring on a Friday and I responded early morning Monday saying that I would love to come in for an interview. Later that night she sent me a test project where I had to design a banner to display in the store (gave me certain colors to use, picture, text, etc.) and the interview was scheduled for Wednesday.
Two young women conducted the interview and they asked me questions such as:
1. Why do you want to work at WFM
2. Have I ever shopped at a WFM
3. Asked me to talk about my design for the test project
4. If I forgot to do a project at work how would my lead designer react
5. Name a time that you had a difficult time dealing with a client and how you resolved it
6. Favorite thing to cook.
7. If they didn't have a full time job available would I accept part time.
They then both scanned through my portfolio and told me they would go outside to deliberate. They came back no less than two minutes later and told me I wouldn't be a good fit because I didn't have experience working in a fast paced environment such as theirs (which no such question was ever asked that pertained to that) and suggested that I could go into the general job fair going on in the next room and apply for other jobs if I so desired (which felt insulting to say the least).
The way the interview was conducted and the reasoning I was given for my dismissal seemed trivial and unjustified and I feel as if while interviewing me they had already made their decision as to who they were going to hire or already had a predetermined choice in mind. Simply put, I feel like I never had a fair shot.
And in regards to not having worked in a fast paced environment, I help manage two large websites. They hang fliers in a supermarket. So you be the judge.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They told me they hadn't really had time to prepare anything. So the questions were off the top of their heads. I'd just be ready for anything.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Whole Foods Market (White Plains, NY) in Jun 2017
Interview
Called a couple of weeks after putting in the application. Interviewed a week after that, hired the next day. They had me do a project going into the interview. I happened to be away at the time so they allowed me to video chat with them and make my presentation. They ultimately thought my project was successful and called me the day after the interview to offer the job. I thought the pay was low for how they were insinuating my deadlines would be strict and hectic, so we spent a day figuring out the right salary and I accepted when we met halfway.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How are you with multiple projects and strict deadlines?
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Whole Foods Market (Austin, TX)
Interview
Was contacted by recruiter for Whole Foods and asked to reach out and get into contact with a multiple of employees before my panel interview. Panel consisted of 7-9 people, all who were very kind, but not necessary in interviewing me in my opinion. There is a design test using markers on a chalkboard - 5 minutes to draw the phrase 'Frozen at the peak of freshness'
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What was your favorite graphic you saw when you came into our location and what graphic would you have done differently?
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Whole Foods Market (Dallas, TX) in Mar 2015
Interview
There were ten people on the panel and each had a lot of questions for me. Mostly questions that referred to my work ethic and communication skills. Didn't discuss a lot about my skill set, probably because of concerns that were ignited from confrontation with other graphic artists.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you handle a team member wanting to request something that goes against brand standards?