Payless ShoeSource interview questions
Updated May 9, 2026Difficulty
Easy
Experience
Mostly positive
How others got an interview
- 22%In PersonIn Person
- 6%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 2%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
- 1%RecruiterRecruiter
- 1%OtherOther
Interview search
547 interviews
Payless ShoeSource interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Payless ShoeSource as 63.4% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.13 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for FT Sales and Store Manager Trainee rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Management and Greeter roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at Payless ShoeSource takes an average of 13 days when considering 507 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 Internship had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Organizational Development roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 120 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at Payless ShoeSource according to 507 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 33%
Background check: 12%
Skills test: 11%
Drug test: 11%
Personality test: 9%
Phone interview: 7%
Presentation: 7%
Group panel interview: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
Other: 2%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
- Sales Associate(527) ;
- Store Manager(154) ;
- Assistant Manager(94) ;
- Part-Time Sales Associate(87) ;
- Key Holder(79) ;
- Store Leader(63) ;
- Retail Sales Associate(58) ;
- Manager(54) ;
- Assistant Store Manager(52) ;
- Multi Store Manager(38) ;
- Sales Associate/Cashier(37) ;
- Key Carrier(33) ;
- Assistant Store Leader(29) ;
- Sales Associate/Key Holder(27) ;
- Associate(25) .
