I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Co-op (Manchester, England) in Jul 2016
Interview
Telephone interview with 2 team members present. I was emailed with one name only to discover the named person wasn't available. I was also asked to change the time of my interview. The interview was a telephone interview with 2 members of the team. It wasn't particularly structured, wasn't competence based, and was undertaken by frankly, someone extremely middle class, who seemed to waffle a lot. They weren't even clear as to what they wanted. Feedback took over a week, I had to prompt their HR department, only to receive an email of thanks but no thanks, other candidates had skills and experience more relevant. When I asked, nobody can actually tell me what this skills and experience is.
My whole impression is that it comes down to class, how you answer questions, rather than what you've done. Nothing short of a disgraceful process and disgraceful lack of feedback.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Bizarre mixture not competence based, examining skills but not particularly structured or helpful.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Co-op in Jun 2016
Interview
Applied on the Sunday and got an email the following day saying to phone up to confirm an interview. The interview happened on the Tuesday. It was very simple, nice, friendly. The manager was down to earth and honest, stating that it's okay if I was there just for the money. More than asking questions she told me about the company, prospects and the shifts.
I applied in-person. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Co-op (Leeds, England) in Jan 2014
Interview
I applied for the job in person and was asked to attend an interview at the store. I was interviewed in a back office where the admin was carried out and very informally asked questions from a booklet the manager had. It was a comfortable and informal interview.