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      Shift Leader Interview

      Aug 19, 2017
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Crewe, England
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Tesco (Crewe, England) in Apr 2017

      Interview

      I saw the job listed on an agency website, but was redirected to the Tesco Careers site. I had had to make a profile and fill out a load of information, literally everything that would be on your CV. You have to upload your birth certificate and national insurance card to prove your allowed to work in the UK, this took quite a while to get approved. I was interviewing for two jobs at the same time, it was the same position but for at two different stores. The interview was with a manager from each store. I was fairly confident as I had worked for Tesco previously and had worked at both stores before. I went to the store on time and was met by one of the managers who gave me a form to fill out in the staff room across from someone eating their lunch, real awkward! The form was basically just standard stuff about me, details, name address so on, then another form asking if you have any skin conditions and such. I was then taken in to another room with both managers and the first question I was asked was the most rhetorical and pretentious question I had ever been asked in an interview and possibly in life! "Who is....(insert name here)" through me off instantly, I even had to ask "excuse me" and "what do you mean" to which I was told "who are you?, what makes you tick?" I was still confused but assumed he meant "tell me a little about yourself" so I did. Then asked loads of questions about my businesses which wouldn't have been massively irrelevant to the role and how I deal with things, then asked quite in depth questions about my illness that I had listed because he didn't know what it was. They we're friendly enough but a horrible interview. Got a rejection email before I had even got home. As an actual customer in both stores, everyone who works their is right miserable and someone incompetent so I don't know what they are looking for in their employees but it wasn't me.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Who are you? What makes you tick?
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      Shift Leader Interview

      Nov 21, 2025
      Anonymous employee
      Bristol, England
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Tesco (Bristol, England)

      Interview

      good they ask me question about daily routine and ask me about how handle rude customer how i fit in team how i describe wibi what my responsability WHERE I Live how i continue in future

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      ask my house location and my experience
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      Shift Leader Interview

      Oct 16, 2025
      Anonymous employee
      Bristol, England
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Tesco (Bristol, England)

      Interview

      Straightforward with examples of customer service, dealing with conflict - staff and customers. Resolving issues that arise in a large store ranging from leaks in the roof to customers injured when using travelators.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Give an example of when you had to deal with a difficult individual.
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      Shift Leader Interview

      Oct 26, 2025
      Anonymous interview candidate
      London, England
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied in-person. I interviewed at Tesco (London, England) in Oct 2025

      Interview

      It was easy, but they didn’t give me the job. It consists of 8 questions, but the recruiter didn’t seem willing to write down my answers. I aimed to answer with short sentences.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      why tesco? what have you done before? how you prioritise tasks?
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