Craziest interview I have ever attended. It was well-organise and the atmosphere was quite energetic. We all (the candidates scheduled for that time) entered a large conference with loud music pumping. It was quite a shock. Managers wearing sunglasses were all jamming. They made us all sit down on different group tables. The first activity was a simple icebreaker where we talked to the person next to us and then we were told to introduce the person we had talked to. Next, we had to make a small skit advertising their glasses with our table group. There were intermissions were there were talks about their aims/job role and video screenings of advertisements and their charity initiative. At the end was what you'd call the actual interview. Managers talked with candidates (I think approaching the most promising candidates first).
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Any previous experience (looking for retail/hospitality)?
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Sunglass Hut (Bendigo) in Sep 2025
Interview
Quick and Easy 15 minute in person interview with store manager, usually very basic questions, mine went really fast and basically can get the job if you show you are competent, willing to work and can communicate
Massive group interview of about 80 or so people - incredibly drawn out process that lasted 3 hours. They threw around the whole "we're like a family" line around several times. After this, it was a quick 2 minute chat about availability and such.
Put it this way; I wasn't disappointed when I got the rejection email.