I applied through a recruiter. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Walgreens in Nov 2011
Interview
1. Phone interview with an HR recruiter
2. In-person interview : Walgreens has taken to using the STAR method (Situation - Task - Activity - Result) where you are asked a series (normally around 8 or 9) of questions where you are asked to describe a situation where you were faced with such and such facet of the position you're interviewing for, what you did in that situation, and what the result was.
Generally, there are 2 to 3 interviewers from the Leadership team (who are normally not the manager you will be actually working with) and an HR rep (not necessarily the recruiter you've been speaking with up to this point). Each interviewer takes a turn to ask one of the STAR questions, and all listen to your responses while jotting down notes in their interview forms.
3. Job offer : The HR recruiter calls with the offer at which time you might negotiate. They go back to the hiring Leaders, and get back to you. Once you're all agreed, you get a written, final job offer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Most difficult question for me was "do you have any questions?". By that time, we had been almost an hour doing the STAR questions, and everyone obviously wanted to finish. So, I had to be very selective from the dozen or so questions I really wanted to ask if we had the time.
I applied online. I interviewed at Walgreens (Deerfield, IL) in Feb 2012
Interview
The HR process takea over 3 months. Behaviorial style interviews. 3 standard rounds of interviews. "Tell me about a time...". There is alot of time between communication with HR and the hiring manager making it hard to judge if there is any interest. The system showing applicants makes it very hard for good candidates to get noticed and pre screening isn't done well as alot of non qualified individuals fall through the cracks.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
TELL ME ABOUT A TIME WHEN YOU HAD TO MAKE AN AMBIGUOUS AND TOUGH DECISION AND WHAT WAS THE OUTCOME?