I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at ASDA (Stoke-on-Trent, England) in Nov 2013
Interview
Apply on-line and got called in for an interview at an assessment centre. We were put in a group and had to do a role play of an advert for a food of our choosing.
Relaxed and fun, not too serious and some team building activities to take part in. Group work and then individual questions afterwards included. Not too stressful but covered everything I would expect in an interview for a company of the sized
It was a short individual interview with a single member of staff, very similar to other interviews of the same industry, very straight forward with simple open ended questions. The whole process took under half an hour.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Basic interview questions about past experience in retail and customer service, team working etc
We were sat in a room of around 15 people. Around 4 employees watching us from the sides, and one employee leading the interview. They had us first introduce ourselves to the group, and then had us get together in small teams and do little exercises, just silly stuff, such as making a house out of spaghetti and marshmallows. Silly tasks, but what they're watching is how you interact with people. They then showed us a bunch of videos of higher ups talking about ASDA and what they stand for. It was an easy going, welcoming experience. Everyone who was normal got hired.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked us to introduce ourselves and say something interesting about ourselves to the group.