Hot Topic Employment Application 2012-2023 free printable template

Please describe your job title and primary duties I was a sales associate with Hot Topic um that entailed being on the cash register greeting customers helping customers find what they were looking for suggesting things that customers might be into stocking and tidying up the store opening and closing things of that nature what was the work environment like it was very casual um you know you could pretty much wear whatever you wanted to work and the managers were laid-back as long as you showed up on time and did what you're supposed to do they were cool with pretty much whatever please describe a typical day as an employee um typical day I guess you come in if you were opening you'd make sure the store was tidied up from the night before and open the gate you would do the display racks and the wall displays and all that kind of stuff um when the stock arrived you unload it and put out the new products um stock up the back room with the products he already had out if you're working in the afternoon you come in basically just set up on the floor and if you had a registry to stick around the counter if you weren't, and then you'd stock or tidy up or greet customers we talked to people stuff like that how would you describe the application and interview process um I started working they actually open a new store in my hometown so the application process because you're hiring an entire workforce at once um was very quick I applied uh and about two days later I had an interview they interviewed with the three store managers there's a general management — assistant managers I interviewed with like one after the other, and they asked questions about you know what kind of music I'm into what I know about music they sort of tested me in a way like about if I knew the products that they offered if I knew how to sort of upsell somebody offers new products to them that they didn't have stuff like that what questions did the interviewer ask during the job interview they were mostly Beta retail type questions, but they were very specific to the hot topic brand they wanted to make sure that the people they were hiring knew what they were selling and if they could basically I guess judge a character based on like having a short conversation with customer sort of make assumptions about what that person would like that hot topic offered and be able to sell things to them based on that what set you apart from other candidates I think having product knowledge was the reason I got the job because I knew I'd been there before you know I knew what they had I knew what type of customers were kind of clientele they were catering to, so I think that helped what other advice would you give to a job seeker looking to gain employment um in the retail environment I guess just be yourself you know and if is you know the product then you're more likely to get a job I mean it doesn't hurt to know manager because when they once they were we weren't eager to end the new hires...