I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Fat Face (Havant, England) in Aug 2021
Interview
Initial phone call followed by e-mailed to set an interview. Face-to-face interview (standard interview questions) with Head of Retail, pre-interview task (photos of 3 good and 3 bad examples of VM) and 2 activities on the day: floor walk in the mock-shop to identify 3 strong and 3 weak examples of VM, and setting up a bay and display table to show off a new collection, with notes on how you would present it to Directors. Found it hard to complete both in the 45 minute time limit. Overall, the interview questions were fairly easy and the activity was fun and I felt quite positive about it. Didn't hear anything so e-mailed to chase a week later. Two weeks went past and still nothing so chased again. Could only assume I hadn't got the job but emailed again for confirmation and still nothing. Disappointing, disheartening and, quite frankly, rude. I took a day off and travelled a 3-hour round-trip to interview and they can't even be bothered to let me know the outcome!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What's your experience, why do you want the job, strengths and weaknesses, who would you consider to be our competition, examples of previous struggles and how you've resolves them