I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Tesco (Aberdeen, Scotland) in June 2016
Interview
Applied online, did the personality test and was invited to interview. Baring in mind I'm only 16 so have minimul experience, I got to Tesco to realise it was a group interview, so not only was I nervous for the interview itself my nerves were so much worse now that I found out it was a group interview. We were given forms to fill in, then asked questions and these were more aimed for people that had experience, which I don't. We then had to do a group exercise then were taken out on the shop floor. Personally, this interview was awful in my experience. I don't know if I've been offered as it was only today.
Completed a fairly short interview with two existing staff members (including manager) and then headed downstairs to do a trial shift to check how you performed on the checkouts and interacted with customers.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a time you have helped a customer or client.
It was simple, basically why do you want to join Tesco and some soft skill questions. Tell me about a time you worked in a group, try to answer in STAR format.
It was done by a manager in a back room. It was formal and it was about 20 minutes asking about experience, peoples skills etc. this might have changed as this was like 6 years ago now