I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Costco Wholesale in May 2012
Interview
Contacted a friend that works there and she said to apply online and she would let hiring manager know about me. Applied and had not heard nothing for about a week so called and left message for hiring manager two days in a row. She called me next day and called me in for interview. Interviewed with 2 supervisors with questions relating to specific experiences at work (conflict at work, how you handled it. Time when you compromised for betterment, how you work as a team and delegate tasks, etc). Lasted about 20 minutes and they asked me to come to second interview in a couple of days. Interview consisted of manager and assistant store manager. More personality based questions and what i expected from costco. Sent straight to HR to sign forms and get paperwork for drug test at offsite facility. She said I have job as long as test is good and background check clears. Orientation in 2 weeks.
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.
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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.