The hiring process at Tesco takes an average of 1 day when considering 1 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Christmas Customer Assistant had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Christmas Customer Assistant roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 1 day).
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Tesco in Nov 2014
Interview
Completed application form online, including situational questionnaire. Was rang 1 week later to arrange a group interview in store. It was extremely laid back.
The interview included;
-a store walk
-bag packing to assess customer service skills
-tidying shelves for 10 minutes
-a group activity, building a tower
-a one-to-one interview
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Name a time you had to keep calm in a heated situation.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Tesco (Windsor, South West England, England) in Nov 2017
Interview
Applied online,
Questionnaire,
Got back to me a couple weeks later,
Arranged interview,
Interviewed at the store with the duty manager: asked me for a drink, ask me to fill out a form on details and declaration, then moved and proceeded into the interview room.
Asked me questions and then asked my availability.
I applied online. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Tesco
Interview
CV and a series of questions that are mostly competency based, i.e. name a time when you worked in a team / someone questioned what you did.
There was then a series of numerical and verbal reasoning questions.
Situational judgement questions based on what you would do whilst working at Tesco -e.g. if a member of your team wasn't pulling their weight
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a time you learned from a mistake. What mistake? How did you deal with it? What would you do differently next time?