I applied online. I interviewed at PetSmart (Sunnyvale, CA) in Aug 2013
Interview
Very simple and straightforward. I met with the store manager and we talked about my previous experiences and what I was looking into as far as my future goals. We also talked about what it would be like to work at the store and what the goals and expectations were for a petcare associate
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is your experience dealing with pets and animals
Simplistic, pretty much hired me on the spot. They asked me easy questions and had me sign a paper that same day. Getting an internal job hire was much easier, no interview process needed for that, atleast for my position that I was promoted to.
answered a bunch of questions about how I would handle different scenarios. Overall pretty easy interview. Manager was nice as well. Needed to do a background check for it which took a week.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at PetSmart (Bloomington, IN) in Apr 2019
Interview
I applied online for a Groomer/Bather trainee position, but when I called the store to follow up the manager told me they weren't actually hiring that position currently, but the store had an opening in the petcare department, so I went ahead and accepted an interview for that. The interview was easy enough, and at the end I was told I'd hear back from them in a few days. The assigned day came and went and I heard nothing. So I called in the next day and the manager wasn't there. For the next two weeks I was given the run-around every time I called the store. Even when I was able to reach the manager she wouldn't speak with me, saying she was in the middle of something and would call back in a few minutes, or some other excuse. The staff all seemed friendly enough, but this treatment after my interview was very rude. It reminded me of a person trying to ghost you, not acceptable behavior for employers.
Note to the company: do not have applications available online for positions that are not available in store.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
We talked about my past positions on my resume and what I learned