Curriculum Developer (On-Site)
Posted Sep 28, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Tell me about a time a stakeholder asked for a training course when the real problem was not a training problem.
What they are checking: Whether they consult to find the actual performance gap instead of building whatever is requested.
Tell me about a time you managed an outside development vendor on a curriculum project.
What they are checking: Whether they can hold a vendor to quality, scope and deadlines without doing the work themselves.
Show me how you keep a curriculum current after it launches.
What they are checking: Whether they plan for maintenance, since outdated training on store systems quickly misleads associates.
What would you do
This curriculum reaches 80,000 retail associates. How would you design training that works for a new part-timer and a veteran store manager?
What they are checking: Whether they can design for a wide learner range at scale rather than one idealized learner.
Merchandising, Store Systems and Operations all want their training launched the same month. How do you handle it?
What they are checking: Their project management and prioritization when several strong stakeholders compete for the same time.
About the work
Walk me through the instructional design model you use, from needs analysis to evaluation.
What they are checking: Their real grasp of a structured process like ADDIE, and whether they adapt it rather than follow it blindly.
How do you write a learning objective that is behavioral and measurable?
What they are checking: Whether they write objectives that describe observable behavior, which is what the role explicitly asks for.
How would you decide whether a topic should be e-learning, a job aid, or an in-store session?
What they are checking: Their judgment in matching modality to the task and to how associates actually work on the store floor.
How do you know if a course actually changed what people do in the store?
What they are checking: Whether they evaluate beyond completion rates and tie training to real performance results.
What authoring tools and learning management systems have you used?
What they are checking: How quickly they can produce content with the tools a retail training team commonly depends on.
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