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 1 week. I interviewed at Tesco (Dundee, Escocia) in Feb 2016
Interview
Uploaded my CV, then after a few days I was asked to complete an online assessment. Another few days passed and I was sent an email asking to come to an interview/group session/roleplay at the engagement centre the next day. I also received a call from someone to let me know about the email and to apologise for the short notice (made it sound like it was a one off).
Online Assessment:
Set you up with a mock Call centre system, with different systems, one for an insurance company, one for a travel company etc. Gave you a tour of the system and showed you how it worked and how you were expected to handle different types of queries.
There were 3 scenarios where a fake customer would call you, you would answer the call and they would ask questions/make complaints and you were given 4 options to respond.
Very easy and intuitive.
On-site:
The whole process took 3 hours and started with a tour of the building where you could ask questions about anything.
Next was a ~30 minute 1:1 interview with 5 competency based questions and a few conversational questions (I was asked about the interests I had on my CV).
After was a 1:1 role play scenario, where the interviewer would pretend to be a customer with an issue which you had to resolve. They didn't really care about what you did to resolve the issue, but more how you went about it i.e sincerely apologising, working out a compromise, sounding empathetic, using positive language etc.
Finally there was a group exercise with ~10 candidates where you were given a scenario and you had to discuss how to go about dealing with it. You are assessed on team working and problem solving.
Only gripe was there was a lot of time spent sitting around in a room with the other candidates doing nothing, but you were given the opportunity to get food, go to the toilet etc between each stage of the process.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
Interview:
Give an example of a time when you had to understand someone's needs
Group exercise:
Similar to the Balloon debate. 9 survivors stranded in Alaska after plane crash, we were given profiles for each person with things like age, job, family, health conditions and, current state i.e injured, unconscious, stable etc. A helicopter could come every 24 hours and take a maximum of 3 people. We had to discuss and come to an agreement on who would go on the 1st heli, who on the 2nd and who on the 3rd.
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Tesco (King's Lynn, England) in Sep 2014
Interview
Group interview, had to say a little about your background then set a challenge to build a 6ft tower out of paper and sellotape. This was designed to show teamwork, communication and natural leaders within the group. Then individual interviews after where they found more about you and why you want to work for them and when are you available for them. After the interview there was two full training days before starting work.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Tesco (Cardiff, Gales) in Mar 2016
Interview
Simple face-to-face interview which lasted approximately one hour. Interviewer takes notes on your answers and follows a question sheet to ask you questions. Your answers are then reviewed by the interviewer and a colleague of theirs before deciding what steps are to be taken next.