First, a short phone interview to find out about my relevant experience, why I'm interested in IKEA, and my availability. Later, a 1h interview in the store (Centennial, Colorado). There also was a 30 min design assignment: to do a design concept and furniture layout for a living room based on description. There's not enough time and they know it, so they just want to see how you work in stressful situations. My interview was a very positive experience, the design manager Denise was very supportive. However, I got a cold rejection from the recruiter, and when I asked for feedback she told me that they don't provide that for external candidates. That brought my general experience from positive to neutral if not negative.

I applied online and was invited to the interview a week after. It was a video interview, took almost 15min, before that I had to fill out some questionnaires. The question was about my favorite space in the house, how should I display and give solutions to the customers, and stuff. I got the result 2 weeks after the interview.