I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Waitrose (Saffron Walden, England) in Aug 2013
Interview
Group session and one to one interviews, basic respond to a situation tasks which have to be completed as a group. one on one session focuses on previous work and why you want to work for them.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Waitrose (London, KY) in Jan 2014
Interview
group interview before breaking off into a 1 on 1, team building exercises. they wanna see teamwork and confidence. Asked questions and had to stand infront of the group to answer the questions as well as working in small teams to complete tasks.
I applied online. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Waitrose (Hailsham, England) in Nov 2016
Interview
Filled out an online application and long online questionnaire (using mostly common sense). I learned that I was successful in this and was invited to an interview.
I was taken through the shop to wait above the store for the interview. It was about a 5 minute wait before the interview started. The lady who interviewed me was very nice but I struggled on some of the questions as they expected you to recall an experience from the past to show that you have certain qualities.
After the main interview I was asked to fill out a written "test" in silence where a number of fictional employees had to be understood and you had to decide their various work priorities. This caught me off-guard and was quite challenging. I was able to apply some common sense to it but it struck me as very awkward, something that I couldn't have prepared for. There was a time limit for it.
A couple of days after the interview I was e-mailed that I hadn't been successful. They gave me the opportunity to enter their online employee database or whatever it was, but I didn't want to.