I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Waitrose (London, England) in Nov 2015
Interview
Long, arduous and ultimately fruitless. Consisted of basic questions on the application form, followed by several psychometric tests, followed by a video interview (where I failed) after which I'm assuming are more stages before a job offer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why Waitrose?
Describe a time you...showed leadership skills, showed intuition, showed data analysis...
What do you think Waitrose could do better...?
Describe a time you solved a problem...?
Prepare for everything.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Waitrose (London, England) in Nov 2014
Interview
After completing several online tests I got an interview in their London human resources office. Firstly, I had a one-to-one interview. The person interviewing me was very nice, making me feel confident. Then we had a group assessment during which we had to debate about some customers review and see how we coud do solve the problems. This was pretty easy, I believe the main point of the interview was to see who would be confident enough to speak and animate the debate while making relevant observations.
This was a good experience overall. After the interview, the other successful candidates and I had to attend a paid one week formation which was pretty fun as well.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What do you think is special about our stores (how do we differentiate ourselves from competitors)?
I applied in-person. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Waitrose (London, England) in Jan 2016
Interview
Phone interview for around an hour with the HR manager followed by a 1hour one to one with the COO of the company.
I was given the decision a week afterwards.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time you made a mistake and how you dealt with it