Hot Topic Operations Manager interview experience

They asked what I knew about what was trending and how up to date I was, and they also asked about my music knowledge and preferences. They pulled in a few standard questions about whether I’d worked retail before.

The atmosphere was casual enough that I kept my outfit simple, because it clearly wasn’t the kind of place where I needed to dress up in formal slacks or a suit. The whole thing felt like an easy screening built around whether my interests fit the store’s style and whether I could speak normally about prior retail experience.