Asst Sales Mgr- Outlet
Posted Sep 15, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Talbots calls its values WE CARE, starting with winning as a team. Tell me about a time you led a team to hit a goal.
What they are checking: Whether they have real experience driving results through others, not just through their own selling.
Tell me about a time you had to address a performance problem with someone you work with.
What they are checking: Whether they can have direct, fair conversations about performance instead of avoiding them or being harsh.
Talbots says it values smart risk-taking. Tell me about a time you tried a new idea at work and what happened.
What they are checking: Whether they take reasonable initiative and learn from results, which the posting names as part of the culture.
How would you help an associate who wants to grow into a management role?
What they are checking: Whether they invest in developing others, since Talbots highlights growth into the next position.
What would you do
An outlet runs on volume and promotions. How would you keep the Aurora floor organized when traffic is heavy and racks get picked over?
What they are checking: Whether they understand outlet operations, where recovery and replenishment directly affect how much the store sells.
The store is behind its daily sales goal at 3 p.m. What would you do with the rest of the day?
What they are checking: Whether they can read the numbers and change floor coverage, focus and team energy in real time.
You are the manager on duty and a customer is angry about a return outside the policy. How do you handle it?
What they are checking: Whether they can balance policy, customer goodwill and their own judgment as the person in charge.
How do you make a schedule work when you have call-outs and a busy promotional weekend coming up?
What they are checking: Whether they can solve staffing problems calmly while protecting coverage for peak hours.
About the work
How would you coach an associate who is friendly with customers but rarely builds a full outfit or adds to the sale?
What they are checking: Whether they can coach a specific selling behavior with examples rather than just telling people to sell more.
What store reports or numbers would you look at to understand how the business is doing?
What they are checking: Whether they know retail metrics like conversion, average transaction and units per transaction and how to act on them.
How would you build loyalty with customers in an outlet, where many shoppers come in for a deal?
What they are checking: Whether they can create relationship-based service in a bargain setting, which Talbots treats as the key to its business.
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