HHot Topic·Operations Manager

Hot Topic Operations Manager interview experience

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United StatesPosted Apr 2013 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My interview experience was more intense in terms of the message they gave me than anything else.

They made it clear that smart, customer-service, and sales-driven people did best. They also pushed back on my assumptions about appearance—there wasn’t an expectation of a specific look beyond being passionate about fashion, music, and social media.

What surprised me was how directly they compared different personalities. They seemed to believe that being comfortable starting conversations with customers mattered more than how shy or quiet someone was, regardless of styling. They even described how someone with more conventional appearance might do better if they worked hard and engaged

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