JCPenney Associate interview questions
Updated Jun 27, 2025Difficulty
Easy
Experience
Very positive
How others got an interview
- 19%In PersonIn Person
- 10%OtherOther
- 5%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
Interview search
26 interviews
JCPenney interviews FAQs
- Associate applicants have rated the interview process at JCPenney with 2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 64% positive. To compare, the company-average is 72.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
- Candidates applying for Associate roles take an average of 10 days to get hired, when considering 26 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at JCPenney overall takes an average of 13 days.
- Common stages of the interview process at JCPenney as a Associate according to 26 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 24%
Background check: 19%
Group panel interview: 15%
Personality test: 10%
Presentation: 10%
Phone interview: 7%
Skills test: 7%
Drug test: 3%
Other: 3%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
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