Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Sainsbury’s as 100% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Customer Service Representative and rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Customer Service Representative and roles were rated as the easiest.
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I applied online. I interviewed at Sainsbury’s (Reading, England) in Apr 2024
Interview
Very poor interview, no notes were taken and very informal, not much effort put in on their side, interview kept being interrupted so not much time was actually spent discussing the interview
I interviewed at Sainsbury’s (Luton, East of England, England)
Interview
Face to Face interview with the department manager. Given scenarios and asked to talk through how you would handle them. I was then offered the job there and then and started a few weeks later. It started with a multiple choice questions online.
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Question 1
Scenarios and how I would deal with them/ provide experience of how you have handled them in the past.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Sainsbury’s in Jun 2026
Interview
Had an initial call with hiring manager then two 1 hour interviews; one technical and one leadership competency. Technical interview involved interpreting one SQL and one Python code and talking about how you would improve it. A small case study based on business drivers.
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Question 1
Leadership interview was based around past examples managing or mentoring someone, giving and receiving feedback and stakeholder management.