The hiring process at ALDI takes an average of 5 days when considering 1 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Cajero had the quickest hiring process (on average 5 days), whereas Cajero roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 5 days).
When you're reading the negative reviews on Glassdoor from interviewees and employees, believe them. This was the most disorganized, inconsiderate, and unprofessional interview process to which I've ever been subjected. I'm glad I didn't receive the offer because I would have felt like I needed to take it and I'm sure it would have been a huge mistake. With the exception of the one interviewer who was professional, on-time, and friendly, the entire team seemed to either a) not care at all about their applicants or the applicants' experience or b) genuinely have no idea what they were doing.
I could never fathom treating anyone--any potential future team member, any stakeholder, any member of the public, any human being--the way ALDI treated me during this process. And as far as I know, this is the first review for their sustainability team because it's so new.... so I hope people read this and keep moving on in their job search. If this is how they treat their applicants, when they should be showing off with their best foot forward, how do you think they treat their employees? In fact, maybe if they treated their employees better, the employees with whom I dealt would feel more motivated to be better at their jobs.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
Tell me about a time you anticipated a problem and how you handled it.
Una entrevista adecuada y sin preguntas incómodas. En otros establecimientos de estas características son peores y más dificiles. La persona que entrevistaba a los candidatos muy amable. No me quejo
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at ALDI (Perth, Australia Occidental) in Aug 2024
Interview
I recently interviewed for a retail assistant position at Aldi in Belmont on 06/08/2024 and found the experience to be highly unprofessional. The interviewer, whose name I did not catch, displayed a dismissive and disrespectful attitude throughout the process. When I mentioned my residence, the interviewer rudely cut me off, claiming she already knew the location and making me feel belittled. Additionally, when discussing my experience with manual lifting from a previous job, the interviewer interrupted me accusingly, questioning why I hadn’t mentioned that experience earlier and muttering under her breath. This made me feel unfairly scrutinized rather than fairly evaluated based on my skills. Her repeated remarks about needing to "earn respect" and "compete for extra hours," along with her implication that I was undeserving of fair consideration, were deeply discouraging and degrading. Overall, the interview process was unprofessional and left me questioning the fairness of Aldi’s hiring practices. I hope my concerns will be addressed to improve the experience for future candidates.