I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Costco Wholesale (Folsom, CA) in Jan 2011
Interview
ask situation questions that want you to tell on how you'd handle a situation through how you have handled situations in the past. If the tell you they will call you back for a second interview you didn't get the job. If you get told to sit back in the break room for your second and 3rd interview its looking good as long as you pass the drug test. Make sure to dress up like your going for a nice desk job it makes the managers feel important that you took the effort to dress up nice. #1 thing i see people not getting hired for is lack of dressing up and failing the drug test that is administered during 3rd interview which is the same day of your interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
tell us about how you've go up and beyond the call of duty in the work place.
You sit at a table in the food area with two managers. If you have a heart beat you got a job. They drug test immediately. They take you into a back room to suck on a dry sponge for about 5 minutes to see if you pass the test.
Initial phone screen with a manager. Went on to do in person interview with other managers (previous experience in a team, what i did to prepare,etc.) Clarified my schedule and started the onboarding a week later.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Time you worked on a team, mistake you made, communicating something new
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Costco Wholesale in Nov 2025
Interview
This was for a seasonal position. Went in and got seated in the breakroom. They called me in after about 15 minutes. I was interviewed by the Admin manager and the Front end manager. It went really well! They dud an amazing job of making me feel comfortable. I handed them copies of my resume and they were just pointing things out and asking me about that and what my plans were at Costco, considering the prestige of my college degree and my professional experience thus far. After that they asked me general situational questions. Told me to wait in the breakroom again to speak with GM. Conversation with him took less than 5 minutes. He told me my resume was impressive, also asked me what I was hoping to gain at Costco. Afterwards told me to be on standby to get my drug test done. That took about 15 minutes and I had orientation 2 days later.