I have been interested and applied for positions with Grainger in the Washington DC/Baltimore area for the last couple of years. I have years of experience in MRO sales, account, and project management. In each case I was never selected for a position. Most recently I was contacted by a recruiter to schedule a call for a phone interview and I accepted and picked a date. Within a couple of hours I received an email from the same recruiter cancelling our call. They said after checking with the hiring manager whom I've met and interviewed with before that he doesn't see a fit. I have in my estimation (for whatever that's worth) interviewed well and presented a compelling case for why I am a good candidate for any number of roles with this company. I have began to wonder if there is something "else" that prevented me from even getting the opportunity to interview for this most recent position. I will not be pursuing any job with Grainger again and I would not recommend them to anyone.
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I applied online. I interviewed at Grainger (Saskatoon, SK) in Apr 2026
Interview
Initial interview was easy, just asked about what you know about the company and STAR based. Although was told I would be interviewing in the next round and they really put that into my head only to get a one sentence email at 1am saying they went a different direction. Extremely misleading.
They asked STAR questions and very template questions just to fill in the pages per the manager. Although it could change since I went through this 6 years ago. They are stock driven, so learn a little about their market price and how they play in the industry.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me a time when you have to make a very difficult decision.
They do interviews in the typical STAR format. Very tiring as they ask you a ton of questions. If you can handle that kind of thing you'll be fine but the average interview is like 40 minutes of straight questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Desribe a time where you had to deal with a difficult customer. What was the issue and how did you overcome it.