Hobby Lobby Interview Questions & Tips

How to Get a Job at Hobby Lobby

Candidates can start the Hobby Lobby hiring process by filling out a job application. After an interview has a set date and time, individuals can begin preparing for the questions along with the set-up of the interview.

The Interview

During the Interview

Gaining as much knowledge on the company and positions available greatly helps candidates during the interview process. The more questions you have about the store and procedures the better. Taking a few minutes before the interview to find some questions to ask the hiring manager would be beneficial.

Requirements & Applicant Traits

Hobby Lobby workers must be over 16, while management positions must reach 18 years of age or older. Potential hires who possess basic math abilities, can work on their feet, and keep up in a fast-paced environment are ideal.

What to Expect

Interview Questions

Questions that become a topic of discussion are to determine the capabilities of a job seeker. Interviews are set to get to know a prospective employee. Examples of questions that may be brought up are:

• What are your strengths?
• Can you do the job?
• Where do you want to be in a year?
• What annoys you?
• Who do you look up to? Why?

How to Dress

What to Wear

Dressing in a comfortable, yet professional manner is best. Examples of outfit choices may include dresses, slacks, button-up shirts, and skirts. Personal hygiene is also important to keep in mind. Working at hobby Lobby entails working with the public, keeping a neat appearance is a must.

After the Interview

Final Steps

Once a candidate accepts the offer of employment, they are able to begin their orientation at Hobby Lobby. Orientation has new hires watch training videos, then individuals move on to on-the-floor training. New workers will shadow managers to get a feel for the job.

Hobby Lobby Cutting Counter Associate Interview Video

Video Transcript

Interviewer: Please describe your job title and primary duties.
Hobby Lobby Employee: At Hobby Lobby, I worked at the cutting counter, which meant that when customers were finished with deciding which fabrics they wanted, they’d bring them up to me. I was in charge of helping them decide which yardage they needed, and cutting the fabric so that they could take that one piece up to the counter to purchase it.

Interviewer: What was the work environment like?
Hobby Lobby Employee: That work environment was really nice. It was a little bit slow there, so it can be a little stifling sometimes. You only get a couple customer an hour. That’s also kind of a nice thing that you’re not being overwhelmed all of the time. Everyone there is really friendly and nice. It’s relaxed. They do have a specific way they want you to do things. “Please say this when you are checking somebody out. Please ask them what they’re doing.” That’s very important to them. There’s very specific question and answer responses when you are helping a customer, because they just want everything for the customer to have a good experience, and they want the cutting counter representative to show that Hobby Lobby is a good company, and they are really just helping you out.

Interviewer: Please describe a typical day as an employee.
Hobby Lobby Employee: Well I would show up, put all my stuff in a back office, which they would lock, so all my belongings were safe. I put on my apron, grab scissors, and when I worked there, they didn’t use a handheld device. It was all done on computer. And so you would sign in to the computer and get your scissors ready, measuring tapes. You get people asking, “Could you measure my arm or my leg?”, because it’s really hard to do that yourself. And people would just bring up their fabrics, ask you to cut them, sometimes they would ask for advice, like “Oh, do you think I need cotton or flannel for this project?” or “”Do you have a suggestion for a pattern for a backpack?” Things like that. Or they might say, “I really need some blue silk. Can you help me find the blue silk?” So, that was pretty much it. At the end of the day, you out everything back , and you go home.

Interviewer: How would you describe the application and interview process?
Hobby Lobby Employee: I did have a bit of trouble getting an interview with them. I turned my application in and I had to be pretty persistent with getting the interview. I think I called them a couple of times, saying that I really want to work here, can you please give me an interview, or managers that will call back later. So, I definitely recommend for someone who wants to work there to really go for it, because of how the company is, they won’t go or you, and it’s nothing personal, it’s that they would rather, if someone comes to them, they’re really forceful about getting an interview, then they’re more likely for that person to get a job, whereas, if you just turned in an application and wait, it will probably get lost under stacks of other applications, whereas if you’re calling and going into that store, my interview I actually walked in one day and I was just already there, because I was buying other supplies, and I was dressed nicely, and I said “I turned in an application two weeks ago, I haven’t been able to get a hold of anybody, can I talk to someone about getting an interview. They said, “Well, our manager is here, he wants to talk to you in the backroom for a couple of minutes, we’ll see if he’s busy.” He wasn’t busy, so it wasn’t formally scheduled, it was kind of like spur of the moment. I was there, I was ready, and they interviewed me.

Interviewer: What questions did the interviewer ask during the job interview?
Hobby Lobby Employee: They ask what your job experience was. They asked about craft experience, if you were able to give advice and opinions to people – they were looking for that. They also asked about our loyalty to a company. They really like people that are looking for a long-term job, because there’s so much training that goes into this job with the cutting and how you use the machines and things. They don’t want someone who, except for their seasonal employees, who are going to leave in a couple months, they’re looking for someone who is going to be there long-term, so that’s something they’ll ask, “How do you plan for the next two years of your life? Will you be able to commit to this job?” And the people that can commit, they really appreciate.

Interviewer: What other advice would you give to a job seeker looking to gain employment?
Hobby Lobby Employee: My main advice would just be to be persistent, and I don’t want to say get in their faces, but definitely go in there, make your face known, and maybe if you can’t get an interview right away, go and shop in the store, and just by returning, they’ll recognize your face and, “Oh, we see this person a lot. Obviously, they’re crafted, they’re interested in what we’re doing, so maybe by hiring them, it’ll be good for us, because they know about the store.” And if you can tell them the layout of the store, because it’s so large, and there is such a variety of things, that’s definitely, “Oh, I know that fabric is in the left corner, and the canvases are in the right corner. That’s definitely like a good sign that you know the store and that you know the company that you’re about to work for.

Related Links:
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