Just had a phone interview with TJX couple of days ago. That was for a non-sales office position in corporate office in Framingham. What can I tell? Experience was not positive. The person was kind of abrupt and unpleasant..
All she did was to read a set of questions from what seemed to be a standard sheet they have drafted. I had a feeling she didn’t even try to understand if I’m a good fit or what the deal is. I even have a cost cutting suggestion for TJX –fire all of the interviewing personnel and play the recorded questionnaire instead and then listen to the answers-the effect will be the same, but at much lower cost.
The questions themselves were as usual but even more weird. Very pointless, very general to my opinion.
For example, the usual:
-Why did you apply to TJX?
Well, guess what-right now everybody is applying everywhere, so just skip it!
-Imagine you’re working on the project and getting stuck. Who do you ask for help?
-Describe one time you failed at something and how you’ve improved since then?
The one that got me really irritated was:
-Imagine you’re waiting for something from your co-worker, and they aren’t supplying it. What are you going to do?
So, I go on and answer and she goes, yes but what EXACT words do you say? Mmm?
In general I would expect (and that is what happening in my profession in the 90% interviews, even on the HR/phone stage) more specific question about my experiences, but alas.May be,I’m not a great catch too,but they don’t even try.
Bottom line: waste of time,unpleasant.
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