Any interview tips?

by **peaches** on Thu Apr 20, 2006 12:57 pm

And make sure you tell them what a douchebag PHX4LIFE is. They'll agree with you there.

by **The_Flying_Tomato** on Thu Apr 20, 2006 1:02 pm

yeah. instant hiring right there.

by KD on Thu Apr 20, 2006 2:20 pm

Hey Riot, I actually have a job at Sears myself (In Canada though).

Questions were like: "Name a time where you provided exceptional customer service"

"What are your strengths?"

"What are your weaknesses?"

"Why did you apply to Sears?"

etc.

nothing too challenging.

My interview was quite informal, I wore a golf shirt and dress pants... nothing too fancy, I got the job. (I think it was my smile

)

I am an electronics associate (part-time). Our footwear department is quite small and seems very boring, but of course it may be different in the States.

by **The_Flying_Tomato** on Thu Apr 20, 2006 2:21 pm

say your only weakness is that you have a big dick, so you'll distract teh women

by **Riot** on Fri Apr 21, 2006 9:51 am

Well, I did not get hired as a footwear associate because you have to be 18 to be those. But I did get hired as a freaking cashier. Can you believe that? I get $8.00/hr + $2.00 of comission for each Sears card I sell. They really push for you to get those Sears cards. I applied for the footwear but since I couldn't be it they said I could be a cashier, mostly because they are desperate to get cashiers (they are sucking big time).

The good news? Kevin Garnett shops at this Sears sometimes so I might be able to ring up some KG sales. :wink:

by **debiler** on Fri Apr 21, 2006 5:39 pm

Should we be happy, sad, what? Are you glad that you got the job? Or, well, a job?

by **Riot** on Sat Apr 22, 2006 6:26 am

I'm glad I finally got a job again, but being a Sears cashier sucks.

I have to schedule a drug test today but the lady isn't answering her cell phone. What the fuck do I do?

by **cyanide** on Sat Apr 22, 2006 7:27 am

Keep calling, keep calling, and you're bound to reach her eventually.

by **Riot** on Sat Apr 22, 2006 8:15 am

I finally got a hold of her and I have a drug test at 4:15. The place is "24 minutes away" on mapquest, but traffic and construction are going to make it even worse. I'll probably have to leave atleast an hour early because I don't even know where I am going.

by **[Q]** on Sat Apr 22, 2006 8:36 am

lol the piss test was fun for my job... I drove 15-20 mins and waited in the lobby for another good 30 mins... damn I was holding it in for a long time, I needed to go. so when I got called in it took me like 5 seconds to piss and I almost overfilled my cup.

A cashier huh? at least you don't have to deal with returns like me... they are a pain in the ass. (N)

by **Riot** on Sat Apr 22, 2006 8:58 am

Actually, cashiers do have to deal with returns I think.

The big part of the job is asking customers if they want to purchase Sears cards. If you can't sell Sears cards you'll get fired.

What is the piss test like? I didn't have to take one for Burger King and McDonald's. Do they watch you? Are you sent to the bathroom? What happens?

by **Donatello** on Sat Apr 22, 2006 9:43 am

Put up a bunch of bullshit about wanting "to find a great company that I can grow with, with lots of advancement possibilities. i'm at a point in my life where i'm ready to stick with something."

by **[Q]** on Sat Apr 22, 2006 10:30 am

Riot wrote:Actually, cashiers do have to deal with returns I think.

What is the piss test like? I didn't have to take one for Burger King and McDonald's. Do they watch you? Are you sent to the bathroom? What happens?

I think Sears should have a place in the back where other people deal with returns... I haven't been there in a while.

No, they don't watch you :eh:

they try to make sure you don't cheat (use someone else's urine) and they let you do it in the privacy of a restroom

by **Riot** on Sat Apr 22, 2006 11:21 am

I don't know where they do returns, but when I was taking a walk around the store with the manager person she said that I wouldn't work in tools because they special return policies.

by **Its_asdf** on Sat Apr 22, 2006 11:57 am

they try to make sure you don't cheat (use someone else's urine)

I wonder who is desperate enough to smuggle someone else's urine into a cup for a cashier job at Sears...

by **Cable** on Sat Apr 22, 2006 11:58 am

*raises hand*

Guilty.

by **dada** on Sat Apr 22, 2006 12:21 pm

Cable Guy wrote::oops: *raises hand*

Guilty.

"So thats what you did with it."

YouTube · by **shadowgrin** on Mon Apr 24, 2006 1:39 am

The usual trick questions are:

How much salary do you expect to get?
Why do you want this job?
Why should we hire you?
What are your strengths?
What are your weaknesses?

Also be prepared for a current events question, but considering you are Riot, that wouldn't be a problem for you.

Sit straight, stop fidgeting and moving but don't overdo it as to make you look like a nervous robot. Look straight in the interviewer's eyes. Do some sort of hand gestures if you're too nervous, it'll help.

by **Riot** on Mon Apr 24, 2006 1:50 am

You are a little too late, pal.

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