I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Waitrose (Berkhamsted, England) in Nov 2024
Interview
I have apply for Night Replenishment, Supermarket Assistant , it was a terrible experience to me as i had wait almost an hour for the interview . Finally , i finally find out that this job just offer short term temp job basis ( until Jan,2024 ) with long interview process. The interviewer ask me a lot of questions but i really couldn't listen it carefully since she told me that this job just for christmas only . I just curious on why they need to have a long interview for this kind of short term temp job ..finally i withdraw the application after this experience..As matter of fact , suggests to confirm the HR there if you just want a long term job before you apply as the ad. won't tell...
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
how to promote the retail business without adding resources ....
Straight Forward, About myself and the role. A bit of competency based questions. Looked for experience but more so attitude towards the role. Lasted around 20 minutes. Not a bad experience
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Waitrose in May 2025
Interview
The interview was very relaxed, and I felt comfortable as if it were more of a meeting, not so stressy! The process is very straightforward and pretty quick in hearing updates or actions I need to complete on the candidate homepage.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Knowing that Waitrose & Partners is an employee-owned company, meaning that as a partner, you would be involved in the company through shares, what would that mean to you?