I applied online. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Marks & Spencer (Preston, North West England, England) in May 2013
Interview
Online application, quiz and interactive assessment on work situations i.e a customer had complained would you a, b, c or d etc.
At end of assessment if you have passed you can book an interview date there and then
I went for interview - formal
3 parts:
1st: Knowledge based quiz e.g. what chopping board used for fish etc similar to online application quiz
2nd: Interview with manager and supervisor- questions based on experiencing i.e how did you provide excellent customer service in your previous job, how did you deal with a complaint and so on.
3rd: Role play - did not make it to this stage apparently i was 2 marks off on the 2nd part. Not sure what that meant. No explanation of how it was being marked. Interview was confusing as seemed very informal one minute ( discussing icecream :S ) and then very formal the next.
Cannot apply again for 6 months (think this is ridiculous)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Can't remember exactly
Why M&S?
Examples of customer service, complaint, team work etc.