I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Uline (Seattle, WA) in Dec 2015
Interview
Took a personality test which included a writing example as well as a lot of sales related questions. None of the questions related to analytics, logistics or supply chain. Which was odd for a operations analyst. They wanted me to come in for the first interview. I said I would like to do a phone screen first to make sure it was a good fit. Someone from HR contacted me over the phone and asked about my experience and why I was looking to leave my current company. She couldn't tell me anything about the job or about their supply chain processes, so it was hard to really understand what I'd be doing. Towards the end of the interview she said my experience was exactly what they were looking for and wanted me to come in and speak to the hiring manager. This is in Auburn almost an hour each way. I asked what the comp range was to see if it would be a good financial fit. Immediately she changed her tone. She said they were looking for someone who was excited about the job and wasn't worried about the compensation. I was stunned since she had been trying hard to get me to come in, now she didn't seem to want anything to do with me. In my experience comments like " We are looking for someone who was excited about the job and isn't worried about the compensation" means they aren't competitive in pay and are looking for some someone who is either desperate or isn't currently making much, where they can underpay them for their skills. I mentioned that I wouldn't take a step backwards in my financial position regardless of how much I wanted to do the job and they wouldn't want that from an employee anyways. Sounds like family owned and operated means I'll be working hard for someone else's benefit and wont be compensated accordingly for the interest of those at the top.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Mostly personal. Nothing germane to the position I was applying for.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Uline (Brampton, ON) in Feb 2015
Interview
Got a response the following week after my application online. There was no communication over the phone (email only) and was required to do several different items:
1) A generic personality test. They are obviously looking for a "specific" type of employee (more on that below). The test can be found on human metrics dot com (Jung Typology). 15 minutes of your time.
2) A test on sales concepts and terms. Now most likely 99% of all applicants will have no idea what the answers are. You are forced to do this sales test even if your position isn't remotely related to sales. Waste of complete time (but hey you'll learn 1 or 2 concepts about sales). Here's how you save time (they won't even mention this sales test in the interview): Google the answers. Save yourself the hour. 1 hour without solutions and less than 15 with the solutions.
3) Summarize a paragraph into key points. About 250 words in the paragraph - you can summarize it into 5-8 simple points. Not too difficult if you actually managed to pass high school English. About 10 - 15 minutes of your time.
Before you actually get a response, you must do the three items above. The day after, I got a response to come into the office for an interview.
They cramped all the people they interview into one room, from sales to warehousing to analyst and upper management positions (its awkward). From here, you are required to do two timed math tests:
1) Simple math (adding, multiplying etc.). You won't be able to finish it in time due to the sheer amount of questions.
2) Recognizing patterns. This is very possible to complete (I managed to finish). Here's great advice: if you get a pattern like 1 5 9 20 81 80 729 320 ___? Consider separating the first/third/fifth numbers from the second/fourth/sixth (the pattern is multiply by 9 and multiply by 4). Many of the questions are like this.
Now after these two very short tests (a few minutes only), they'll call you in one-by-one to have an interview with the interviewer (once again, awkward waiting time ...).
My interview wasn't too bad, I got interviewed by the person who was the previous analyst. Interview questions focused entirely on my resume and projects/ experience.
I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Uline (Toronto, ON) in Mar 2015
Interview
Before an applicant could get an interview, the applicants are required to go through initial testing and assessments which Glassdoor reviews are vague. I think even if you're applying for warehouse, customer service they have the standard sales questions.