I applied through college or university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Fastenal (Houston, TX) in Nov 2016
Interview
For every position they do two interviews by two different people. Usually a General Manager and District Manager. For me the first interview was done by the manager at the store I applied for and the second was done by a manager of a much larger branch. They do have to ask a few (maybe 3 or 4) pre-written corporate questions that are pretty basic. My take away from the experience though is that they just want to see what kind of person you are. they want to see if you're someone they can get a long with and work with every day. They don't expect you to know really anything about the business, just that you're capable of learning.
Phone interview with recruiter then in person interview with GM and AM. First "question" was the GM pushing a copy of the job description at me and asking me to read it because he wanted to make sure I knew what job I applied to because he thought maybe it was a mistake. Humiliating experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why would someone like you want to apply for a job like this?
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Fastenal (Rockford, IL)
Interview
Met with the General Manager who interviewed me and I had to take a drug test by giving urine. Then I had to come back in to go over the offer sheet with the company.