I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at NEXT (Enderby, England) in Nov 2022
Interview
Virtual Interview with scenario questions, Online interview with a Merchandiser in one department mainly revolving around myself, my skills, and why I want to work for NEXT/work as a merchandiser. Online technical interview with a Merchandiser from another department. This consisted of a few simple statistic questions (i.e. percentage differences) and a few tasks using spreadsheets and ranking the popularity of different types of products. Was told at the end of each interview if I was moving on to the next or got the job! Both of my interviewers were lovely and made me even more excited to start at NEXT!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Rank 5 pairs of women's jeans from least to most popular.
Can be time consuming as the first stage is to submit your CV and cover letter, then you are asked to answer some questions in a video style format, followed by an virtual interview and then an assessment day.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you cannot handle quick fire maths questions, this may not be an ideal role for you.
I applied online. I interviewed at NEXT (Leicester, England) in Apr 2026
Interview
The first stage, after submitting your CV and a cover letter, is a simple video interview where you must submit answers (pre-recorded) to 3 questions. The questions were relatively simple and you could re-record your answers if you made any mistakes. The third question was more scenario based where they gave you an example of something that could go wrong and you needed to give options to prevent it happening in the future. The second part of this stage is a maths test with around 10 questions. It isn't timed but they do say they keep track of how long you took for each, and factor that and if they are correct, into your final result.
Very scenario heavy and requires you to know a lot about merchandising in general. Some maths questions also involved, simple maths however. Best of luck to all applying to the role.