sre_sol · 4 replies
i have a recruiter screen with lululemon next week for a junior analyst role on their digital team. i've been doing some reading and everyone mentions how values-heavy the interviews are. i'm a little worried because i'm not an athlete and i don't really have a "lululemon lifestyle" story to tell.
do they actually care if you're a runner or do yoga or whatever? or is "values alignment" more about like, their business philosophy? how do i prep for this without feeling fake?
i went through a similar screen last year. the values questions are about how you work, not whether you have a gym membership. things like: do you take ownership, can you operate with ambiguity, how do you give feedback. i don't do yoga and it never came up once.
ok this is genuinely reassuring. i was about to go buy a lululemon water bottle or something to seem relatable lol
do not do that. just know their values statements well enough to map your real stories to them. that's it.
for what it's worth, values-based interviews are kind of my comfort zone coming from a military background. the framing matters. lululemon talks a lot about personal responsibility and team elevation. if you have examples of those, you're fine regardless of lifestyle stuff.