Sears Analyst In Training - Inventory interview questions

Initial phone interview consists of basic questions like why you would like to work for the company, etc. The interviewer also set up a date to do a reasoning and numerical test that would take approximately one hour. The 20 multiple choice questions were sent to you by email and you had to email the HR rep the answers when the hour is up. These questions consists of reading comprehension questions, verbal reasoning and numerical calculations. I finished these questions after about 20 minutes, and submitted the solutions after 45 minutes. One day after the test, the HR rep called again to set up the interview. It would take place at the Eatons Centre office in downtown Toronto. The HR rep also gave examples of questions to expect from the interviewers, such as explaining your thought process as you came up with the number of gas stations in Canada. On the day of the interview, I was interviewed by two 2:man panels. One panel was based on behavioral questions, while the other focused on analytical questions. Most of the behavioral questions were straight forward, but some of the analytical questions were tricky.

The job was posted on my university's career center website. I applied for it and was confident that I'll get it since I had inventory background plus a business degree. Got a call 3 weeks after applying. The HR rep started interviewing me over the phone. We talked for 20 minutes and she told me someone else would call you the next day. And I got a call from another rep and she interviewed me for 20 minutes or so. Then after the weekend, I was asked to come in for an analytical test at their Eaton Centre head office in Toronto. It was an hour long test. The test had both mathematics and verbal.. It wasn't as easy as I had thought it would be. Took me the entire hour to finish the 20 questions and I am quite good at those questions. So they called me a few days after that and told me to come in for an interview. It was two half hour 2 on 1 interviews that were back to back. By the time I reached home after those interviews, I got a call back to come in after the weekend for the final interview. 4 days after that interview, I was offered the job. It was a very lengthy process. And quite nerve wrecking too but it was a learning opportunity and all is well that ends well.