Assistant Merchant Interview Questions
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Assistant Merchant interview questions shared by candidates
Being from the industry do you think that the expectations we have from our sales specialist is unrealistic?
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What are their expectations for new reps ? What can you realistically expect to make first year if you have prior sales experience (yellow pages). Is there a high turnover at this company ? Do they expect you to work nights and weekends ? How are the medical benefits ? Thanks for your help ! Interviewing soon w/ them. Less
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The expectations are super high. The new structure they implemented end of last year (2011) is such that is based on micro management. It's a First Data model. The turn over in the last 9 months has been on the rise (not really sure about percentage wise). If you are not at goal, yes, they do expect you to work on Saturdays. The benefits are great. Total compensation is good after at least 13 months (they pay on a residual pay scale). Good luck! Less
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They want to know if you feel capable of selling up to their standard, they do not want a hear from you that you are going to three times, the goal, but they need to see how confident you are about reaching and achieving goal Less
What trends are you seeing in your business today?
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I told my interviewer that athletic apparel was particularly strong in the boys division and that with younger boys clothing we see more fun prints and patterns as well as bright youthful colors. For older boys I told the interviewer that more mature tones as well as textured garments were more popular. (The interviewer told me that Assistant Merchants at Lands'end are expected to "not make general statements") Less
They asked about my experience and how I handle difficult situations, balancing multiple tasks.
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I shared specific examples of each and related them to the job in question.
What did you think of the store?
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I gave recommendations based on floor set and product opportunities.
Behavioural based questions to all common work situations - handling conflict, dealing with people, communicating etc etc Tell me a time when....
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Reply in the S-T-A-R format