Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. La procedura ha richiesto 3 settimane. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Winners (Mississauga, ON) nel mese di nov 2011
Colloquio
I applied online and a few weeks later, an outsourced recruiter (US-based) contacted me to schedule for a phone interview. It lasted for about 45 minutes. The lady on the other line was very nice and patient. She also gave me tips at the end on how to improve my interview answers. The next day, she told me that I was moving on to the next stage, which was a 1:1 interview with a Winner HR rep. This was scheduled 2 weeks after the phone interview. I don't know why, but I wasn't complaining because I had more time to prep myself for the next stage.
The 1:1 interview at Winners head office lasted for about 1 hour. The HR rep seemed nice & agree to most of my answers. That made me feel quite confident about my performance and my chance to get to the next stage. The interview was on Friday and she told me that she would let me know by Monday about the result. I waited for over 2 weeks without any correspondence from her. I sent her 2 emails and she never replied. A month later, she told me that I didn't make it to the next round (OBVIOUSLY!) and that she would keep my resume in records for future merchandising positions.
Of course I was disappointed that I didn't get to the next stage, but I was more disappointed at the lack of communication from the HR team. If they're not going to go forward with one application, why let that person wait in agony? So if you're currently waiting for a decision from them and you've been waiting for more than a week, I'd say that you better forget about it and move on. If they liked someone, they would contact that person immediately (within 2-3 days).
Domande di colloquio [3]
Domanda 1
Tell me a time when you had to analyze data and make a suggestion, what's the result?
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.
Domande di colloquio [1]
Domanda 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?"
Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. La procedura ha richiesto 2 mesi. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Winners
Colloquio
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.
Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. La procedura ha richiesto un giorno. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Winners (Mississauga, ON)
Colloquio
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
Domande di colloquio [1]
Domanda 1
behaviour based questions. need specific examples.
questions on the test given,
tell me about a time where you overcame a difficult situation
