Sales Associate applicants have rated the interview process at Sherwin-Williams with 2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 78% positive. To compare, the company-average is 70.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Sales Associate roles take an average of 11 days to get hired, when considering 136 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Sherwin-Williams overall takes an average of 21 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Sherwin-Williams as a Sales Associate according to 136 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 33%
Background check: 15%
Drug test: 12%
Phone interview: 11%
Skills test: 7%
Presentation: 7%
Personality test: 6%
Group panel interview: 3%
Other: 3%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
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Positive overall and fairly straightforward process. They mainly want to know how you would interact with customers and companies that have large contracts with the company. Just be yourself and positive.
I interviewed at Sherwin-Williams (Philadelphia, PA)
Interview
Hire Vue interview easy. Once you fill out the application, in the same day you get the link you have 7 days to complete it. I passed my virtual interview moving on to the phone interview
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Sherwin-Williams in Dec 2025
Interview
Straight forward and normal. You do an introductory interview online and an in person interview if selected. The initial online interview is guided and you get three attempts per question.