I applied online. I interviewed at ALDI (Celbridge) in May 2018
Interview
Aldi has probably one of the worst recruitment process I have ever been to. First it starts of with an online survey which is done to see how fast of a thinker you are followed by a few which describe you questions. The goal is to see what type of personally you have and how it will fit with the companies ideas.
I was called for a group assessment in celbridge, 17 people showed up between ages 19-55. It was awkward at the start because the area manager was late and we all sat there and no one spoke.
He went on about how Aldi was efficient and effective at what they do and I didn't even get to speak much because it was a group assessment and he basically gave us a plane crash cinario and watched how we interacted.
This was probably one of the worst way you can interview people because there will always be load individuals and that what aldi looks for. They want the loudest speakers and you could even tell by the area manager that he was a Conor mc gregor wanna be.
No body got a 1 to 1 after and I got a message the next day saying I was unsuccessful. This was all for one job (keep that in mind.)
I applied online. I interviewed at ALDI (Salisbury, England) in Feb 2026
Interview
Virtual group interview having to prioritise tasks in a typical working day. Was around 6 of us on the call plus the interviewer and we had to work together to prioritise what tasks are most and least urgent from a list given to us.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
To tell us about ourselves and our favourite Aldi product and favourite part about visiting the shop/ why we want to work there.
Great interview experience but didn't get further. Thanks for the opportunity but I just felt like I wasn't a good fit for the company. Thank you for the opportunity for this interview.
The interview process took 4-6 weeks in total. I initially had a group interview, which was easy enough but did feature a lot of people talking over each other. Then I had a 1-1 interview with the area manager, which lasted about 20 minutes. They asked me standard things like 'Why Aldi?' and 'What can you bring to the role?'. Then I had an interview with the Deputy Store Manager a week later, which featured a walkthrough of the store, duties you'd be expected to perform and then an informal chat to see if you had any questions.
All in all, the process was positive and I seemed to get on well with both the area manager and deputy store manager. However, I was rejected from the role and told that they 'couldn't give me any specific feedback'. This was shocking considering I'd done three interviews with them and spent hours prepping. It's a shame, because they seem like a good company to work for in general, but the whole process feels like a waste of time now.