I applied online. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Burlington Stores (Middleburg Heights, OH) in Jun 2013
Interview
I received the call to come in for an interview about two days after filling out the application online. The actual interview lasted ten minutes - at most. The first couple of minutes were about my availability; he told me he was looking for somebody that was available indefinitely on book weekdays and weekends. Then, he read off a list of about 6-8 questions of the "Tell me about a time when..." format. He listened pretty carefully to my answers and responded to me before taking a minute to write them down. Sometimes, he would read the question and say something like "well, you kind of covered that situation in your other answer...", so he would just skip it. At the end of the list of questions, he told me that he would like to offer me a position, but I had to authorize a background check and it had to come back clear first. He sent me the email that afternoon, and hired me the very next day.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They were pretty straight forward questions. "Tell me about a time you made a mistake with a customer, and how you handled it." type of question.
it was very easy i was asked 3 questions. where have you worked before. why should we hire you. what's your availability. and then there was an orientation for 5 hours
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
one question they asked was what was my availibitlity
The interview went great the manager gave me the job right then and said to come back in a week. Later I got a call to finish the application on the website and then we could move forward. The next day I got a text she didn’t realize there were no open positions available and I could try again later for a holiday season. Today I got a message saying they decided to go with a candidate with qualifications that were a better fit. I let go of other jobs because I was confirmed to have been hired. I have been in customer service for 10+ years but today I got a message they hired someone with better fitting qualifications. I shouldn’t have let go of other jobs that was my fault. They shouldn’t have confirmed I was hired after the interview then said I wasn’t because there was no openings to then messaged they hired someone else. I love the items in the store and the interview was with a new manager she was awesome but was really disappointed with the way this was handled and that there’s nothing I can do about that. I’m a single mom and have been looking for a job for awhile and finally got 3 callbacks but the first job to say I was hired was Burlington so I took that and let the others know I was hired. The interview was fine but I hope this doesn’t happen to anyone else.
I was asked Really simple question like about my experience as well as curtain situations I have encountered in my other jobs as well as how i reacted and overall a good interview
