I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Grainger (Houston, TX)
Interview
2 interviews. Took for ever to call me back.(1 month). I later got the job and worked there for some years. when interviewing for a sales job it was worse. Had 3 interviews and they were not willing to take a chance on my experience, bilingual skills and hard work because I was too serious in the interview!! Are you kidding me!! I wore a suit and tie had a presentation prepared and they were looking for someone outgoing.
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.