I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Waitrose (London, England) in Jan 2016
Interview
online test had to be done in order to get through to the next stage which was going to a store for an interview. it was a group interview and i was asked to state what out of the list of jobs for the day would i do first and why
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Waitrose in Oct 2017
Interview
After completing the online tests (which take quite a while), I received a text and email notification inviting me to choose an interview time slot for the next week.
I chose a time and began looking into extra details surrounding Waitrose.
You are asked to arrive at the store at least 15 minutes before your interview time, and to report to the store's main desk. The employee there asked me to sit in some chairs next to the checkout whilst she let the interviewer know. I was waiting for around 10 minutes.
I was approached by one of the hiring managers and taken to an office in the back - she was very friendly. She asked for my passport first as proof of being able to work in the UK and then explained the interview process to me briefly - you then are asked a range of general questions about your past experience and questions based around Waitrose.
At the end of the interview she asked if I had any questions and explained what would happen following the interview, and then I was escorted back to the shop floor.
The only thing I would mention is not to feel too disheartened if you don't hear anything very quickly - I was told to check my emails throughout that week and after not hearing anything for 2 weeks I was close to accepting that I had probably been rejected. However, exactly 2 weeks after the interview I received an email offering me the job!
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Waitrose (Rushden, East Midlands, England) in Oct 2017
Interview
Started with a group interview, where we were given a scenario where things had gone wrong in a day, and each person had a personal profile. We had to firstly match the person to the issue, and then rank the issue in order of which we would solve first. It was sort of easy but required a lot of thinking and team work. We then had to report back to the interviewers, speaking one at a time, to explain our choices. We then had to wait for our individual interviews where they asked standard questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Talk about a time you were in a difficult situation and how you resolved it.