I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Waitrose (Henley, South East England, England) in Sep 2012
Interview
Group interview with HR manager where we had to answer questions about what we knew about the company. Then a group exercise (building a tower with paper) to demonstrate teamwork. Then we had to pitch a product to the HR manager, without mentioning its intended use.
Section Manager interview (one-to-one) was really a nice chat (a formality).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Final (Section manager) Interview was a general chat about my availability and my personality as I was 16 and had no work experience to draw on.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Waitrose (Abingdon, England) in Mar 2024
Interview
Online application with standard questions, followed by a group interview stage before final selection with a face to face one on one interview with management, again fairly standard questions being asked
OK - was long winded and asked a lot of things that were irrelevant to a Supermarket setting. Had to complete online tests and group stages of interviews before proceeding which seemed excessive.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Waitrose (Buckhurst Hill, England) in Oct 2017
Interview
One to one first then group interview. In the one to one I was asked the standard questions and what days I could work. I was never asked if I had a problem with working on certain counters and listed Meat, Deli, Bakery, Hot Foods isaid no. The group interview was a process of each given a character description of a colleague and a scenario of a typical day but with issues like, sudden absence, accident, late delivery etc and we had to work together with our characters to plan the day so it runs smoothly. Unfortunately I was offered the job but told I was working on fish counters but I couldn’t do that as have a problem with fish, this was not asked at the interview so I had no idea. I was told it was Fish counter or nothing!! So I declined. They were not very professional in their approach.