REI Retail Sales Associate interview questions
Updated Oct 10, 2025Difficulty
Easy
Experience
Very positive
How others got an interview
- 7%In PersonIn Person
- 4%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 2%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
Interview search
70 interviews
REI interviews FAQs
- Retail Sales Associate applicants have rated the interview process at REI with 2.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 80% positive. To compare, the company-average is 71.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
- Candidates applying for Retail Sales Associate roles take an average of 19 days to get hired, when considering 69 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at REI overall takes an average of 17 days.
- Common stages of the interview process at REI as a Retail Sales Associate according to 69 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 31%
One on one interview: 19%
Group panel interview: 13%
Background check: 8%
Drug test: 8%
Skills test: 7%
Other: 5%
Presentation: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Personality test: 2%
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