Had a group online interview and I felt it was very hard to get any point across and it felt very over the top and the process seemed too long for what the job actually was
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at ALDI (Aberdeen, Scotland) in Nov 2017
Interview
Applied online. Received email to book for Group Interview at a local ALDI store. Arrived 10m early, candidates were waiting outside of main office. We were 5 of us and were taken inside a room with a large table were we sat around. A pleasant manager explained the process and the interview started. At the end of the process we were greeted out and told we would be contacted.
4. Group exercise: prioritise tasks/responsibilities, each was given in A4 paper and we had to put it in order of preference (examples included health and safety, delivering excellent customer service, knowing the targets of the shop, knowing where everything is in the shop floor). We had 5 minutes only and it was a team effort.
We then had to explain why we picked the first 2 and why the last one. Difficult choice since democratically we elected knowing where everything is in the shop as being last (which I opposed since for efficiency it was more important than knowing the targets, and somehow I ended up trying to defend it)
Started as a group where we were educated on the history and benefits about working at ALDI, and were asked what we think working at ALDI is like. Seemed like a good company with fair pay. The individual interview itself only asked availability.
I was first givwn the opportunity to join a group assessment, which I passed. I was then asked to attend a face-to-face interview, in-store but the manager did not come into work that day and I was asked to rearrange the interview after waiting for over an hour. Another applicant also turned uo and waited 30 minutes after I arrived
