IKEA interview questions
Updated Jun 3, 2026Difficulty
Average
Experience
Very positive
How others got an interview
- 7%In PersonIn Person
- 4%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 3%RecruiterRecruiter
- 2%OtherOther
- 2%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
- 1%Staffing AgencyStaffing Agency
Interview search
3,592 interviews
IKEA interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at IKEA as 77.7% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.52 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Market Manager and Junior Software Developer rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Commercial Sales Associate and Assistant Store Manager roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at IKEA takes an average of 19 days when considering 1,924 user submitted interviews across all job titles. To compare, the average duration of hiring at similar companies like BlackRock, Inc. is 14 days, Fabricated Software, Inc. is 2 days, and Apple Inc. is 21 days. Candidates applying for Kitchen Planner had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Junior Software Engineer roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 180 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at IKEA according to 1,924 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 20%
Phone interview: 19%
Drug test: 16%
Skills test: 13%
Background check: 10%
Presentation: 7%
Group panel interview: 6%
Personality test: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
Other: 2%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
- Sales Associate(682) ;
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- Customer Service Representative(383) ;
- Customer Service(315) ;
- Sales(264) ;
- Visual Merchandiser(233) ;
- Interior Designer(224) ;
- Sales Coworker(219) ;
- Sales Assistant(207) ;
- Manager(185) ;
- Vendeur(167) ;
- Warehouse Worker(167) ;
- Team Leader(165) ;
- Goods Flow Co-worker(124) .