M1390 - Store Leader-maurices
Posted Sep 4, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
This role leads a team of 8 to 20, including three or four managers. Tell me about the largest team you've run and how you split the work with your other leaders.
What they are checking: Whether they lead through their managers or try to do every job themselves, which burns out fast in a store this size.
Tell me about an associate who wasn't meeting expectations. How did you handle it, and how did it end?
What they are checking: Whether they give clear feedback and follow through, rather than avoiding the hard conversation until it becomes a firing.
Tell me about one of your assistant or key leaders you developed into a bigger role. What did you do to get them there?
What they are checking: Whether they build future leaders, because a store manager is judged partly by who they grow and promote.
Tell me about a time you had to roll out a company change your team didn't like. How did you get them on board?
What they are checking: Whether they can carry a decision from above with conviction instead of blaming corporate in front of the team.
What would you do
Walk me through how you'd start a day in the Moline store when you open and see yesterday's sales came in well under goal.
What they are checking: Whether they turn a sales number into specific actions on the floor instead of just telling the team to sell more.
Our promise is service with style. What does that look like when a customer walks into the fitting room area on a busy Saturday?
What they are checking: Whether they can describe the customer experience in concrete behaviors they could coach, not just friendly words.
A new floor set comes in and your visual standards are due by Thursday, but you're short two people this week. How do you get it done?
What they are checking: Whether they can plan and delegate a big task under pressure without letting service on the floor fall apart.
What would you do in your first 30 days running the Moline store?
What they are checking: Whether they listen and learn the team, the numbers and the community before making changes, and then act with a plan.
Two of your managers don't get along and it's starting to affect how the team works together. How do you handle it?
What they are checking: Whether they address conflict between leaders directly and fairly before it splits the team into sides.
It's the week before back-to-school, two associates call off, and a truck shipment just arrived. Walk me through your priorities.
What they are checking: Whether they can triage competing demands quickly and keep the customer first when everything needs attention at once.
About the work
Which store numbers do you look at every week, and what does each one tell you about what's happening on the floor?
What they are checking: Whether they read conversion, average sale and units per transaction as clues to coach from, not just a scoreboard.
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