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Op Superv at OfficeMax
Accepted Offer – Reviewed Jun 10, 2013 New
Interview Details Emailed resume for posting I seen online. I was called the next day for in person interview for the next day. Asked some behavior questions. Basic
Interview Question – hat you did about shrink situations View Answer
Negotiation Details – none salary predetermined
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Store Associate at OfficeMax
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in O'Fallon, MO (US) Sep 2012 – Reviewed Jun 10, 2013 New
Interview Details Ask a few questions and just get to know you. No resume needed or past experience.
Interview Question – Sell me this Pen? View Answer
Negotiation Details – You got the job if you are interested.
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Retail Store Manager at OfficeMax
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Oxford, AL (US) Jun 2011 – Reviewed Jun 09, 2013 New
Interview Details I went through 2 interviews (1 with a recruiter via telephone and 1 with DM & HR in person). However other regions require up to 5 interviews for SM position.
Interview Question – How do you handle not "winning"? To Office Max winning means succeeding at the task at hand Answer Question
Negotiation Details – I negotiated pay and YTO/PTO time. However was given a choice, the additional salary or the extra YTO/PTO for the first year of employment
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Store Associate at OfficeMax
No Offer – Interviewed in Boardman, OH (US) Jun 2013 – Reviewed Jun 08, 2013 New
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Applied online, called a few days later for an interview. I went in, we sat down and the manager began to go over the pay rate, and store hours. Manager asked me to tell him a little bit about myself which I did, we then went over previous positions, and skills. He started to ask me how confident would I be when it comes to selling products then he asked me several questions on how to sell X products, all questions were not read from the paper by the way. He also mentioned that a call should be made Friday (Yesterday 6/7/13) which wasn't made.
At some point during the interview the manager asked me If i knew how to sing, which threw me off because I thought he really wanted me to sing a song but he did not ha ha, I guess he was softening the mood, so then I proceeded to ask him a few questions about Team Work, His daily routines and we went over the Insurance programs, after that we shook hands, discussed the rain that was falling outside and went on my merry way.
Interview Questions
- Why Office Max? View Answer
- What is your definition of Customer Service? View Answer
- Say there was an issue with your fellow co worker, you're on a team and he is not picking up the pace and is slowing you down, how would you handle that situation? View Answer
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Supervisor(Key) at OfficeMax
Accepted Offer – Reviewed Jun 07, 2013 New
Interview Details The interview process is done from ready made forms with a series of questions that would detail your experience in the position they are hiring for. The interview process is not terrible, it just doesn't leave much room for displaying what you know you can bring to the table, instead it focuses on what you have done in the past.
Interview Question – Sell me this item (and he handed me a pen) Answer Question
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Store Manager at OfficeMax
Accepted Offer – Reviewed Jun 04, 2013
Interview Details Interviewed as an Assistant Manager for Logistics. position later changed to Assistant Store Manager. Later promoted to Store Manager.
Interview Question – Standard interview questions, was interviewed at a job fair for a new location. First interview was with a store manager from the district followed by an interview with the District Manager. Answer Question
Negotiation Details – Was asked what I expected for pay in addition to standard benefit package. I quoted a number and they took that. Learned later that I offered a low number and they jumped on it.
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OfficeMax at OfficeMax
Declined Offer – Interviewed in Mar 2009 – Reviewed May 29, 2013
Interview Details They use out dated job outline. Same questions as every company out there.
Interview Question – Mat ask you to sell them something View Answer
Reason for Declining – Pay
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Account Executive at OfficeMax
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Feb 2012 – Reviewed May 25, 2013
Interview Details One interview by a recruiter, another interview with the hiring manager and one last interview with another senior manager. If you have some experience in B2B sales experience, you will not have any problem with this process.
Interview Question – Which was your must dificult sales situation and how do you manage to resolved Answer Question
Negotiation Details – Is a good one
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Sales Associate at OfficeMax
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Flower Mound, TX (US) Aug 2011 – Reviewed May 23, 2013
Interview Details I applied on 9/10, got the interview the following day, and was hired one day later. Very simple process. They clearly needed more people on the floor, and being in high school I was glad to take any position they could offer.
Interview Question – What would you see with a laptop? View Answer
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Intern at OfficeMax
No Offer – Reviewed May 17, 2013
Interview Details Applied online and got a call
Interview Question – how do you deal with an intolerant person in your group? Answer Question
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“Great working environment, set of ethics, and 'family" feeling.”
Current Sales Specialist in Portage, MI (US)
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Officemax has a good code of ethics.
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