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      Merchandise Assistant Interview

      9 May 2017
      Anonymous employee
      Saint Petersburg, FL
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at HSN (Saint Petersburg, FL) in Apr 2017

      Interview

      Applied online via HSN website. Was contacted shortly for a virtual interview. The day after I completed this, I was contacted by HR for a short telephone interview. This was fairly to the point and it took 30 minutes. I was asked about my previous experience, my favorite brands in that category, and 2 Excel questions (v-lookup and pivot tables). Was then contacted for an in-person interview on site at HSN. They flew me down, with all accommodations (hotel, car, airfare) asap and then offered me the position by the end of the week.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Explain a time you used v-lookup in Excel.
      Answer question
      3

      Other Merchandise Assistant interview reviews for HSN

      Merchandise Assistant Interview

      31 Oct 2017
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Saint Petersburg, FL
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at HSN (Saint Petersburg, FL) in Oct 2017

      Interview

      First, I had the video interview. I didn’t like that as much, not enough time to answer questions and felt incredibly awkward. Luckily, I got to the second interview-phone. It lasted about 30 minutes and it went great. I feel great. The questions were pretty simple. I had to have it rescheduled about 3 times though. The HR person on my case, was terrible. She rarely responded, and always rescheduled. Finally, a week after the phone call interview, I got the third one! I show up to the interview, my HR girl wasn’t there. Didn’t e-mail that she wouldn’t be. It was a panel interview. I thought it went great, the panel was wonderful. I met the SVP after for a one on one. He didn’t ask much. He seemed casual and like he didn’t have much to talk about. So, I just asked questions about the company to him. I felt like I ran the interview more when it came to the major part of the discussion. I felt great after- I had another new HR person walk me back to HR and ask about my experience. I had no e-mail from the girl assigned to me, not even an apology for not showing up that day. When I got a rejection 3 days later, I had to e-mail the head of HR to know what I could work on. She forwarded me to my original HR girl, who FINALLY responded and didn’t even answer what I could’ve done better. I think if I had gotten a better person assigned to my case my chances could’ve been different. Still love the company and will apply to other positions. Just really shocked at the lack of professionalism from their recruiters.

      Interview questions [6]

      Question 1

      Tell me about yourself
      Answer question

      Question 2

      Are you familiar with Excel?
      Answer question

      Question 3

      What is a mistake you’ve made in a job and how did you overcome it?
      Answer question

      Question 4

      What do you know about this position?
      Answer question

      Question 5

      Tell me everything you know about HSN
      Answer question

      Question 6

      How you feel about HSN being bought out by QVC
      Answer question
      5

      Merchandise Assistant Interview

      25 Aug 2017
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at HSN

      Interview

      HireVue was a cool way to complete the first interview- you just record your answers to prompted questions and send it in. Doesn't hurt to prepare a little before, but the questions were pretty straightforward (scenarios, whats your passion, why do you wanna work for us, etc.)

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Tell us about yourself?
      1 Answer

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