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).
Typical interview, asked me about my motivations, duration, availability to work morning shifts, very kind and receptive. Overall very good experience. The atmosphere was rather uncanny but other than that great and smooth process
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How many golf balls can you fit on a 4x by 4x m shelf
Interview with store manager, asked questions about availabiltiy and hours. Then asked typical retail interview questions, like how you work in a team, a time you’ve overcome a problem. Lasted about 20 minutes all together.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Tesco (Bicester, England) in Aug 2025
Interview
It is a long interview however the staff were lovely and the questions weren't that difficult. You do a 30 minute trial shift which takes up most of the time. Dress work casual and maybe bring a jacket if you go into the freezers on the trial shift.