Macy's, Inc.

A day in the life of a Corporate Communications and Employee Giving & Volunteerism Intern changes every day. You will be doing things from writing emails to be sent out to all of the Macy’s Associates to ordering supplies for the next Give Back Day event. You will be going back and forth helping ...

The best way to prepare would be to focus on three things. First, make sure you know and understand retail math extremely well. Ensure that you are comfortable calculating revenue, profit, cost, margin and turn and understand the concepts well enough that you could speak to them with concrete exa...

What I disliked about being a seasonal associate was my first day on the floor. I received hands on training with just the cash register and informative videos, but was not given the opportunity to shadow a current employee to observe daily activities. I felt overwhelmed as customers asked me for...

In the morning, you will open the store vault and count the funds from the night before. After counting, you will look at the register reports to see which ones require more cash before opening. The next task will be to prepare the deposit for the cash pick up that occurs at some point during the...

First, having a lot of customer service and fashion experience is a must. As a style advisor, you will be able to help customers in the fitting room and on the floor; which sometimes means assist them in putting together an outfit and also be able to help them in the fitting room with sometimes g...

Do basic research on Macy's. Know when it was founded, current CEO, mission statement, why you want to work at Macy's and how you can make a difference working for them.

Lots of spreadsheets & analytics whether you end up in buying or planning (if you go through college recruiting, you don't really have a choice but you can voice your preference). Buyer role is a bit more involved, and you work more with marketing / advertising / store visual execution (for store...

Preparation for an interview depends on the type of the interview that is being conducted. In most instances, interviews take place in two forms; over the phone or in person. When I was interviewed for a merchandising associate position, I preformed an interview over the phone. The best way to pr...

Be prepared to talk about Java and C++. At least that was my experience. They might ask other technologically specific questions about technologies on your resume. Example: does Java use pass by value or pass by reference?