I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Waitrose (Thatcham, England) in Dec 2016
Interview
The initial online application is tricky but you can do it as many times as you want - it's hit and miss because you don't know what answers they're looking for just use common sense and remember Waitrose has v pretentious customers.
There's two online questionnaires but after that you're invited in for 'interview'
By this it's literally a group of you (we had 6) and you each get a pack of sheets and each sheet has a different customers requirements on and as a group you have to match the customer to the product that would suit them most
Eg one customer was sporty and pescatarian so we paired her with the grilled salmon option
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Waitrose (Southampton, England) in Feb 2017
Interview
I found the job advert through Indeed. The application process involved entering the typical information, followed by a sort of questionnaire where I was asked what I would do in certain situations / what my preferences were. I was told there would be a group assessment as well as an interview, but only 2 out of 6 of us showed so we skipped the group assessment.
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Question 1
What health and safety concerns are there specific to a night shift?
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Waitrose (London, England) in Oct 2016
Interview
I had my interview in London. The interview process was very relaxing. The first thing was a group interview but for some reason there was only one other person. We were given a list of scenarios and we had 5 minutes to read it and 20 minutes to discuss it (e.g. There was a list of workers with their skills and we had to decide which worker should deal each situation) The manager was sat next to us so they wanted to see how well you work in a team and then we had 5-10 minutes to present it to the manager. Make sure you're the person who speaks the most because they have to remember you. Act like a leader, whenever you have to say something, say it, don't wait for others to say something. it's okay to be a bit selfish in this situation. Then after that i had a 1-1 interview where they asked general questions which are listed below. My main piece of advice is that they don't really care about what you say, it's all about how you say it. Be confident. Be a leader. Give good reasons for your choices and dont forget to smile.