Ace Hardware Account Executive interview experience

It ran through several rounds with pre-determined questions, starting with HR, then moving to the hiring manager, and finally another round with two additional people on the same role.

I didn’t experience anything that felt like a “gotcha,” but they did press for details rather than letting me stay at surface level. The overall difficulty landed as average for me—nothing impossible, but it required me to actually articulate what I’d done and how I handled situations.

What surprised me most was how much the format emphasized prepared question sets. It made the interviews feel consistent, but