Lids interview questions
Updated May 6, 2026Difficulty
Easy
Experience
Mostly positive
How others got an interview
- 22%In PersonIn Person
- 10%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 5%OtherOther
- 1%RecruiterRecruiter
- 1%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
Interview search
187 interviews
Lids interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Lids as 55.8% positive with a difficulty rating score of 1.91 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Visual Merchandising and Store Systems Manager rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Associate and Cashier roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at Lids takes an average of 13 days when considering 167 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 Seasonal Sales Associate had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Merchandiser roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 75 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at Lids according to 167 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 37%
Background check: 17%
Phone interview: 13%
Skills test: 9%
Drug test: 7%
Personality test: 6%
Group panel interview: 5%
Presentation: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Other: 2%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
- Assistant Manager(215) ;
- Store Manager(210) ;
- Sales Associate(189) ;
- Assistant Store Manager(75) ;
- Manager(53) ;
- Retail Sales Associate(27) ;
- ASM- Assistant Store Manager(22) ;
- Key Holder(16) ;
- District Sales Manager(14) ;
- General Manager(13) ;
- Sales Associate/Cashier(11) ;
- Buyer(8) ;
- Associate(7) ;
- Sales(7) ;
- Supervisor(7) .
