I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at JCPenney (Concord, NH) in Aug 2009
Interview
I was contacted by phone by the Store Manager since Hiring Manager was on vacation. Went on the interview, Store Manager and Assistant Manager were there in her office. Store Manager asked generic questions read from a template that is asked of all people on a interview. Questions were mostly about retail scenarios and what could happen and how I would handle any given situation. After that, I was asked a few more questions not from a template and it was a friendly atmosphere. The Store Manager hired me on the spot.
I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at JCPenney (Santa Clarita, CA) in Oct 2015
Interview
There was a group and one on one interview! There was an activity in which you were given 4 options and had to choose the best one for attracting the most customers to the store. Then you had to present your idea to the group and the group had to unanimously agree on the best one. Afterwards we had our one on one interviews.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you improve JCPenney to attract more customers.
I applied online. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at JCPenney (Torrance, CA)
Interview
Really innovative large group interview. They set up little ice breakers, then a game/contest type of thing where we tried to create a sales pitch and convince everybody to pick a way to bring in the most customers/sales.
A lot of the girls there were really fake and picked the most stupid unrealistic things, yet they were favored by the group. Totally annoying and awkward hiring process. Great for the extrovert narcissistic type people.
I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at JCPenney (Lake Charles, LA) in Apr 2015
Interview
I applied online and received a call from the hiring manager 2 hours later. She asked me to come in for an interview the following day. The interview was more like a conversation and really relaxed. I heard of this company having group interviews but mine was a one on one with the hiring manager.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about yourself and many scenario questions