Beauty Advisor applicants have rated the interview process at Sephora with 2.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 86% positive. To compare, the company-average is 75.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Beauty Advisor roles take an average of 11 days to get hired, when considering 14 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Sephora overall takes an average of 14 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Sephora as a Beauty Advisor according to 14 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 22%
Skills test: 19%
One on one interview: 19%
Presentation: 13%
Phone interview: 13%
Personality test: 9%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Background check: 3%
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It was tough but manageable. Emphasis on selling and team work. They do an over the phone interview first and then they do either a group interview or one-on-one interview with the manager.
I went in for an in person interview. they had me do makeup on another beauty advisor. I had to do a daytime look and make a change to it that turned it into a nighttime look. Then after they saw my work they had me sit down in a room. we talked with manager Francia and she was lovely. we spoke about where I was in life and we discussed why I needed a job.
I applied online. I interviewed at Sephora (New York, NY) in July 2026
Interview
Submitted an app the middle of the previous week. On Tuesday of the following week I received an email for a 15 min interview. I accepted the offer and was only given the following day as option to interview, to decline or to “reach out for help” if i need help selecting a day and time. The day of the interview, I introduced to myself to the greeters and they were they seemed unbothered flippant - they respond only when spoken to. Its like 4 of them there aloof and would do anything but. A finger point led me to the maze before entering. I greeted everyone there no response and was directed to be seated. The ASM was kind enough at first and made it a point to not talk about anything beauty or sephora. She wants to know about me. Cool. Im genuinely passionate about beauty so in mentioning it during a few unrelated facts that I had to about myself it came up and she seemed completely turned off. She asked typical questions about my current role - What i like, what i dont like, what ive learned. Whats a weakness and whats a strength. I tried to ask something about her in turn and got lukewarm walled off answer for about half the other half was fine. Was told I’d hear back by a particular date and didnt hear back. I followed up via email then received a boiler plate response from the software they used - the email was completely ignored. Not worth requesting feedback and to be fair Im not the best interviewer. Regardless, not the best display of integrity and character in the process on their end.
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Question 1
What do you like about your current role? What don’t you like about it? Tell me about a moment you were coached.
Pretty standard interview. A lot of the questions emphasized selling to the customer so focus on that. If they ask what your favourite product is, don’t just say what it is. Try to sell it to the interviewer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is one thing you didn’t like about your previous employer?