I applied through college or university. I interviewed at ALDI (Haines City, FL) in Feb 2017
Interview
I visited them at my university's career event where I gave them my resume. About 3 weeks to 1 month later, they told me I got an interview. They have an invitational night the night before the interview where they tell you all about the company and what the internship is like. The next morning, my interview lasted about 30 minutes which had a few getting to know me questions, and then 3 or so typical behavioral interview questions. About 1 week later, I was invited to attend a divisional day interview where they tour you around a store and the warehouse on site. I had 3 interviews with 3 different VPs. Each interview differed depending on the person, but each was really into diving in to what qualities you have and why you want the internship. You also have to write 2 short essays. My essay prompts were: 1. why do you want to be a district manager and 2. what qualities do you possess that would make you a great district manager. They told me I got the internship 2 days later.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
You're a marketing major, why apply for a Management position?
I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at ALDI in Apr 2017
Interview
Met an Aldi Recruiter at my Universities' career fair in which they told me about the 10-week summer internship position and what it entailed. I was invited by the Aldi representative to attending an informational dinner the following evening. The dinner had a presentation from the VP of the division as well as two DM of local Aldi locations. The presentation gives you all information that you need to know about the role and you can discover what they are looking for. TAKE NOTES the material they give is really helpful to know and will help in the later stages of the interview.
The day after the dinner I was invited to an interview with on of the District Managers. The interview was very straight forward, mainly explaining my CV and behavioral questions. Two days later I got an invitation to interview at the Aldi Regional Headquarters, which was two weeks away.
At the Regional Headquarters, I met other applicants and had to do a written essay. The questions were along the lines of 'what draws you to become a DM for Aldi' and 'why would you be a successful DM'. There were 30 minutes given to write both essays. After the essay, we all interviewed with three different Aldi employees, all at different positions. Questions were not too tricky. Remember one which was 'what is the biggest impact you have made on a project' the remaining questions were just going over CV. After the interview, we were given a tour of the distribution center then given a tour of an Aldi store. Two weeks later I was told I had the position, I started the position two weeks after receiving the offer letter.
Overall very professional interview process, very happy with the experience
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at ALDI
Interview
Two rounds of interviews. Applied first through University career services website, then got an email inviting me to a preliminary interview on campus. Prior to the interview, we were invited to an information session the night before the interview day. They talked about the company and all of the benefits and took questions, which altogether lasted about an hour and there were about 80 people there between the DM internship and the DM full time positions. Next day was the first interview.
This was a 20 minute interview with 1 or 2 basic behavioral questions and the rest just running through my resume. I got an email a couple days later saying I was invited to the final round of interviews roughly a month later at one of their distribution centers. The prepared a lot for the final interview by reading a bunch of interview questions on here, and they all were pretty accurate to what I faced in my final rounds.
The day began with 3 rounds of 15-20 minute interviews with the VP of that district and a couple of DMs. Each interview had a specific focus, with one essentially going through my resume and asking some behavioral Q's, the next being more focused on the job and how my experiences correlate to their job, and the final one being a mix of the two. When you weren't interviewing, you were in a conference room with the 10 or so other interviewees, and made small talk. After everyone had finished their interviews, we had lunch in the conference room with all of the interviewers and talked casually. Then we took a tour through the distribution center for about 45 minutes, and then drove to a nearby store location, where we took a 45 minute tour of the store itself, lead by 3 or 4 younger DM's from the area. That concluded the interview process. I got an offer via email the next day.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
An 10 year employee takes $5 from the register, what do you do?