I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at ALDI (Stourbridge, England) in Jul 2017
Interview
I applied for the position of store assistant and the first was a series of online questions, some basic maths and situational questions, all of which were multi choice.
Within a few days I received an email inviting me to an individual assessment. This consisted of an interview with the area manager during which I was given another 10 multi choice questions with 5 minutes to complete them. Just basic maths stuff again and being able to pick out correct barcodes and products.
For a job interview it was fairly relaxed. I initially had to go through my life history and then I was asked why I wanted to work at Aldi, and what qualities and abilities I could apply to the role. There was also one scenario based question about a customer dropping some eggs on the floor and what you would do.
Later that day I received an email inviting me to a store experience day. Mine was a week later and consisted of 2 hours in my local store where I spoke to the manager, assistant manager, and worked with some of the staff doing various roles to see if it still appealed.
Although I was told it may take a few days to hear if I was successful, I received an email with a job offer within hours.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
After going through my life history I was asked why I wanted to work at Aldi and what skills and abilities I could bring to the role as I had no previous retail experience. Other than that it was a general chat and explanation of the role.
Applied online and a month later was emailed to come in for a 20 minute assesment.
The area manager asked me to tell her about my self (hobbies & what I am doing at the moment), what I know about the company, why I want to work for Aldi, how will I get there (bus,car etc).Also she asked would the contract hours be acceptable, am I flexible and can I do weekends as well. Lastly she asked me 2 situational questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A customer is paying for a ham and says she has been overcharged for it. You realise there are two sections for the hams; discounted and the non discounted hams and she has picked up the latter assuming it was on offer. How would you handle this situation?
I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at ALDI (Leeds, England) in Jul 2017
Interview
Started with an Online application which is rather lengthy took a couple hours to complete. Then was invited to a group asseasment over 10 people turned up. Sat around the table and was asked to answer few questions individually (name, stores you want to work in and tell us an interesting fact about yourslef). Availability sheet to fill out also asking avout contract you'd like/min-max hours.
Manager asked a few group questions for us all to input, if you've read up on the company this is a good time to point out some key facts. A few people didn't give any input at all. You could tell who'd done their homework. I made sure to give some input although it is hard when around 7 people are all wanting to answer. Next was a Scenario task to complete in group and to to discuss. Followed by a 5minute 10 question multiple choice sheet. Was then told to check emails to see if made the next stage. The assessment lasted around 45mins although it was an hour's slot.
Had email to say I'm unsucessful for next stage individual interview. Really unsure why as I feel the group assessment wasn't a very fair way to get to know people, especially when such a large group. I've relevant experience and ticked 90% of the availability for shift boxes. I must've done rubbish on the test although Im pretty sure my math skills aren't that bad! Apparently there was over 10+ jobs available at just one of the local stores. Each candidate in the assessment was there for a mixture of the 3 stores.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell us something intresting about youself.
What makes aldi different to the other big supermarkets?
Why does aldi pay a high wage?