Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Payless ShoeSource as 100% positive with a difficulty rating score of 4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Shoe Expeditor and rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Shoe Expeditor and roles were rated as the easiest.
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Easy process come prepared and ready for a demo. Typically you will meet with the store manager and can get a decision right on the spot. Best of luck but for the most part it is common sense information and nothing too tricky.
I applied in-person. I interviewed at Payless ShoeSource (Anchorage, AK) in Aug 2025
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Easy basic questions like job history, availability, and why you chose to interview.
Interview was less than 30 minutes and hired same day. They will almost always hire on the spot im a teenager and they still gave me a job.
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Whats youe job history and do you have customer service experience?
I applied online. I interviewed at Payless ShoeSource (Atlanta, GA)
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Good. Pretty straight forward. Simple questions. Mainly a tell me about yourself with can you do the job. The job was for a cashier. Not a lot of questions and got hired pretty quick