I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at ALDI (Knoxville, TN) in Oct 2010
Interview
I went to the Job Fair and was extremely prepared with a resume and job description- ready to shine. The recruiters were extremely rude and told me the same old same old: apply online. I submitted my resume via the university's job search site and was selected for an interview. I was very surprised.
I went to the information dinner and learned all about the company. I had a 9am interview and the recruiter didn't even show up until 10am. I jokingly said "Are we one time zone behind? It happens to me all the time when I'm traveling back and forth." He said "I wish that was the least of our problems." He asked me three questions: 1.) How much do you pay for school? 2.) What do you know about Aldi? 3.) and one other one.
I had an internship with a competing company and brought my capstone project with me. I told him that I changed the numbers to protect private, not published information and he said "So it you're like pro- X (the other company)." I said "No, I'm trying to protect the other company that entrusted me with private information." I then asked him why he recruited students at my university and he said "There's just more of you. Nothing really special."
He then said "Alright your resume speaks for itself. We'll be in touch." My interview was less than 15 minutes long and so were the other interviews with other candidates. The personnel at the Career Center were appalled. I got a rejection letter less than 3 hours later.
This was one of my top companies. I had extremely relevant experience to give to the company and had hours worth of research. They obviously didn't care about our students.
The process took 2 months. I interviewed at ALDI in Dec 2008
Interview
The company recruited on college campuses and conducted interviews on campus. They also chose candidates to go up to the divisional office for 2nd interviews with directors and the vice president. While candidates and in the divisional office, they are required to complete personality tests and an IQ test. After those interviews, candidates are offered a position pending and drug and background test.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at ALDI (Minneapolis, MN) in Dec 2009
Interview
There was an information session before the actual interview where the interviewers spoke with us about the position we had applied for and asked if we had any questions. This was followed by a dinner and we were allowed to ask more questions.
The interview was difficult and awkward. One of the interviewers came and left the room, the chair wasn't set up at the table, and the interviewer stopped me multiple times during the questioning to have me move my chair or take my portfolio. I realize that this is an interviewing tactic, but I had never actually experienced it before.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
What would you do if you found out an employee had taken a candy bar without paying for it?