I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Waitrose (Londres, Angleterre) in Mar 2014
Interview
Online questionare to be completed followed by an email for group interview. Arrive for the group interview along with about 20 others. We spent the day doing group exercises such as mock-selling items to the interviewers and doing role-plays of what to do in given random scenarios such as a customer not being able to find what they are looking for, or one stealing something from the shop etc. I was then emailed and told to come for a second interview. The 2nd was a one-on-one interview discussing your hobbies, examples of scenarios in which you've given good customer service, values you believe are most important about being an employee at Waitrose and other general things along those lines.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Can you give an example of good customer service you have given, or been given?
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Waitrose (Basingstoke, Angleterre) in Aug 2015
Interview
Completed an online application which involved some questions about myself and past jobs and then some multiple choice questions. Got an email from them which said i had passed this stage and to log on to their job page to book in a date and time for an interview.
Arrived for the interview and was shown to a room with 7 other candidates. Half the group had 1-2-1 interviews and then we all went for a group assesment where we had to work together to answer questions.
The 4 who had already had interviews were able to leave and then the last four had their 1-2-1s.
Lasted about 1hr 30. Waiting to hear if i was ssuccefull.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Waitrose (Londres, Angleterre) in Jul 2015
Interview
was taken to the employee area with other candidates, then had a 1 to 1 interview about 10-20 minutes long. They make you feel relaxed and not nervous which was good. Then a group interview - about 8 people - we were all given separate parts of a mystery review and then had 20 minutes to all discuss which 3 issues were the most important and make an action plan of what to do. Was told there were 3 other sessions today so would hear back after a while
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why do you want to work for Waitrose - A time when you asked for feedback and how this changed how you work - A time you had to change someone else's decision and how that went - What you do outside work etc.