Crate and Barrel Account Executive interview experience

I started with a phone interview, then moved into an in-store conversation with both of the managers. The questions were fairly basic at first, and they also had me do a sales exercise right there—selling something from the room as if I was pitching to a real customer.

After that, I was brought back for a second interview with the store manager. That meeting went well, and it stayed interactive. I had to pick out a furniture piece on the floor and pretend the manager was the customer, then sell that item after about ten minutes. It felt like they were trying to see how quickly I could think