Product Consultant applicants have rated the interview process at JCPenney with 2.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 76% positive. To compare, the company-average is 72.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Product Consultant roles take an average of 13 days to get hired, when considering 22 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 Product Consultant according to 22 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 27%
Background check: 27%
Group panel interview: 18%
Personality test: 9%
Phone interview: 5%
Presentation: 5%
Skills test: 4%
Other: 2%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
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I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at JCPenney (Annapolis, MD) in Jul 2014
Interview
There were to interviews, the first was a talent tryout where we built some type of blocks and the other was a one-on-one interview. The first one we only talked to the people in our group so they could determine if we work well as a team and the second one me and the manager went for coffee and i answered interview questions.
Group interview. Interviewer asked questions and whoever wanted to answer first would answer and so on. Standard retail questions were asked like what to do in certain situations so they can see how prepared you’ve are.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at JCPenney (Baltimore, MD) in Feb 2019
Interview
I went through numerous interviews. The manager made me feel very calm and chill. I was offered a position pending a background check. I have no record so this should be a piece of cake right? Nope, my background check was taking seemingly longer than normal and every time I called to check in I was told it hadn’t come back yet/“probably backed up in the system”. Turns out that JCPenny has a 2 week policy where if the check doesn’t come back within that time they move on with another candidate. They never informed me of this and it went on for over a month before they did. Not only that, but turns out my background check did come back in time, they just “weren’t aware of it”. My advice would be to not be afraid to check in and keep the lines of communication open during the hiring process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you could sell me one product what would it be?
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at JCPenney (Muskegon, MS) in Mar 2018
Interview
It was about 15 minutes long and they kept asking me to work the dock (stock) even though I had applied for sales. My background was and has been in sales so I was confused as to why she wanted me there. When I said no she then proceeded to ask me if I would be interested in a home decor position instead. Not the position I applied for.