ALDI Graduate Area Manager interview questions

Psychometric and situational judgement tests to start with. You can't realy prepare for these, just answer them honestly and think about what the main company values are. Next it's the written application. There are a number of questions at this stage, mainly about your previous experiences, why you want to work at Aldi and why you'd be good for the job. After that it's a video interview where you're given 9 questions in total, each question you have 30 seconds to prepare an answer for and then usually 30 to 60 seconds to record your answer. You only get one attempt for each question so prepare well for them. Make sure you have examples to hand of times where you've worked in or led teams, when you've overcome challenges and shown determination etc. If you're successful after this stage then you get invited for a group assessment centre. At mine there were around 10 candidates. You have to do a store walk beforehand and then do a presentation on a topic. You're given 10 minutes to prepare for it and then you have to do a 3 minute presentation. After that you're given a task to complete as a group. Here remember to look at what the task brief says and work with your team mates to produce a productive outcome. There were also some standard maths and verbal reasoning tests before the assessment centre as well. If you're successful in the group stage then you'll be asked to complete a final interview with the regional managing director, this might be on the same day or you might be called back at a later date to do it. This is just a normal job interview so prepare for the normal sorts of quesions. Ultimatley if you've got this far you've shown all the necessary skills and attributes to do the job, this is just to see whether you will get on with the MD (ie. can he/she imagine working with you). Finally if you are successful at the interview you'll recieve a job offer.

The interview process consisted of an initial application, where you filled out details about yourself and grades etc. Then you have an online situational judgement test, maths and verbal reasoning. After this, you have an online interview which has 10 questions relating to you and the company ethos and values. If you complete and are successful you are invited to a group assessment day, where they will test you on products as well as general knowledge on the store etc. Got through to final round interview, but was unsuccessful.