Visual Merchandiser applicants have rated the interview process at Mango with 2.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 81.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Visual Merchandiser roles take an average of 50 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Mango overall takes an average of 23 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Mango as a Visual Merchandiser according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 50%
One on one interview: 50%
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I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Mango (London, England) in Sep 2019
Interview
Very quick and painless process. I have applied online for few vm positions and I have received an email about 2 weeks later to schedule phone interview. Lovely and very informal chat about why I applied, salary expectations and notice period. Few days later I had skype interview with one of the recruitment team member. Shortly after I've been scheduled for another skype interview with Head of VM. A week later I've got an email that I didn't get to the final round (swot of the shop, current trends and practical assessment) but I have replied I am still interested in vm position within the company for future reference. It was an amazing surprise when a week later I have been contacted by recruitment team with availability of another vm position and possible interview the next day. I had 1:1 interview with Store Manager and General VM Manager. They had prepared questions sheet that they had to go through with me but it was mostly about commercial awareness of the vm tasks and getting to know me as I didn't have fashion background so they had to make sure I was suitable for the role. All was in very professional manner, ladies were absolutely great and with very friendly approach. I have been offered the position but I had to decline it as I had a chance for career progress within a different company. Otherwise I would definitely go for Mango. It seemed that the company really cares who they hire and knowing the brand and being passionate about it is very important. Advice would be to be confident, talkative but also showing that you are very hands on person and you are not afraid to work hard. Make sure you know the trends, you are coming across as an easy going person and you know that being vm is also being commercial, handling stock and working physically. I would say Mango really cares about career progression and they do open other paths to the people who want to move forward within the company. Overall great experience with the people who know what they are doing.
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Question 1
Why did you apply
do you follow trends/ what you can say about current trends
what do you think vm do
how would you describe vm tasks
how do you handle stock
tell me about the time you were handling stressful situation at work, how did you handle this and what was the outcome
tell me about the time when you had to improvise to make a vm display while not having required stock or planogram. how did you handle this and what was the outcome.
how your team would describe you, how would you describe yourself
where do you see yourself in 5 years, what is your ultimate job
I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Mango (Leicester, England)
Interview
I applied for this role at the end of November 2024 and first email with update I received on 1 February 2025. Shop is not open yet so I understand it takes time. But then between next email about interview past 11 days, then another week to have actual interview. I got an answer 2 weeks later, with 2nd stage in 10 days. I was waiting for a call with information if I got into a 3rd stage. After another 10 days I received email without any feedback(even that was promised on second interview stage) that I didn’t make it to a last stage. Interviews itself were good, second one was definitely more detailed. I understand it’s a process but 44 days is a lot for only 2 stage and no feedback at all.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe how your day as visual merchandiser looks like.
Talking to HR first and then the team, it was 3 interviews total, the process is pretty straight forward, all communication was by email and Teams interviews, between interview it took them 2-3 weeks to get back to me
Enjoyable, challenging, good idea of what role will entail and very smooth processes. It was a quick and seamless transition from one stage to the next. Everyone was very friendly and some questions were difficult but if you prepare, you’ll be fine.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain what a day in the life of a VM looks like.