My background: New grad from a very solid Canadian business school; Had two corporate internships (Strategy and marketing); Not every experienced in fashion and retail industry but want to explore the opportunities.
After dropping my application for allocation analyst through Linkedin, I originally did not have a high expectation of getting an interview, as I was quite inexperienced in this industry. However, a HR lady actually emailed me back and asked if I can provide supporting document such as transcript in addition to the resume and cover letter that I already submitted. Fast forward to couple days later, the HR lady invited me to hop on a "phone interview" with her. I hopped on the call and as I was making my self-introduction, she cut me off and said:"honestly I just took a look into your resume and you are not qualified for this position. Can you tell me what you exactly want to get out of from this call?".
I was speechless. She clearly did not read my resume before the call. I don't understand why she went through the process to ask me for supporting document, scheduling phone interview with me and then harassing me like that.
I am never going to apply for any position at TJX. This was by far the worst interview experience I had.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
"Honestly I just took a look into your resume and you are not qualified for this position. Can you tell me what you exactly want to get out of from this call?"
The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Winners in Mar 2012
Interview
Phone interview: exactly the same questions as listed on this site. Recruiter was outsourced out of Florida and very friendly. Basic allocation problem regarding distributing umbrellas.
In person interview: again, very friendly senior talent acquisition representative. Very similar questions to the ones in the phone interview. Got more into their business model and challenges that retail is currently facing. More involved in the career path and training program. Another allocation question regarding outdoor entertaining cookbooks with Martha Stewart on the cover in October/November.
That is as far as I got before being declined. I know there is a panel interview and other things after this.
To be honest, I am pretty surprised that I didn't get an offer. I had a lot of prep work done for my interview, felt I developed a good relationship with the interviewer and felt that I answered their questions really well. I can't point to anything that did "wrong" and was not offered any specific feedback when asked. I can only assume that this is a very competitive position and they have very specific wants and accept only those individuals.
Despite the initial disappointment at not receiving an offer (I got the call today), it was a very positive experience, just don't get to excited until there is an offer in hand.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
A question regarding your abilities to lead and motivate a team in the initial phone interview.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Winners
Interview
Three rounds of interviews. 5-6 hours total interviewing. 1st interview to last interview spanned nearly 2 months.
1st round was with a 3rd party company in the United States. One hour in length on phone. Mainly behavioral types of questions. 2nd round was with HR in person. Asked almost identical questions to the 1st round. 3rd round was with various colleagues in the company including current allocation analyst, buyer, and reporting managers; two separate sets of interview on same day.
I don't remember if it was at the 2nd or 3rd round, but there was also a Microsoft Excel test, a math test, and written case study.
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Winners (Mississauga, ON)
Interview
1 hour allocation test on wallets, and where to allocate
interview with associate planner
interview with 4 planning mnagers
all in one day! pretty intense
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
behaviour based questions. need specific examples.
questions on the test given,
tell me about a time where you overcame a difficult situation
