The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Nordstrom (Atlanta, GA) in Jan 2011
Interview
did a breif phone interview with HR, then interview with HR manager and cosmetics asst. manager. typical interview questions. Then I interviewed with the cosmetics account executive and cosmetics manager. Then I was taken by the cosmetics manager and she told me to mock sell her some mascara. Was offered the job about a week later.
Personality screening followed by quick phone interview then in person. The in person was kind of strange? Interviewer read questions of sheet of paper, very little eye contact. In fact she didn't even introduce herself. Typical questions.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
Cold selling exercise with interviewer playing totally disinterested customer. This goes against Nordstrom grain; the object is mot the hard sale. The object is people are coming in to buy, you help them. So it was an odd and off-putting exercise with interviewer playing super rude customer.
