I applied online. I interviewed at John Lewis & Partners in Apr 2017
Interview
Compeleted an application form online and was then invited to a group interview. Group interview involved selling a product, going on the shopfloor to approach customers and also answering some questions at the end.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at John Lewis & Partners (Edimburgo, Escocia) in Oct 2021
Interview
Applied on the 11th, invited to interview on the 12th, interview completed on 14th and offer of employment on 21st.
Interview process:
Was told it would be a group interview and a separate individual interview.
First did group exercise for 20 minutes. Worked as a team to discuss customer related scenarios and how we would resolve them.
Then given an individual written exercise to complete in 15 minutes, also relating to customer service scenarios as well as some colleague scenarios.
Then asked to fill out preferences for the role e.g. availability and role i.e. selling, catering or production.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Your colleague is stacking the shelf messily. Would you approach them and how would you go about it? (Written exercise).
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at John Lewis & Partners (Londres, Inglaterra) in Sep 2021
Interview
Part 1 :group interview/discussion about different scenarios on the shop floor and how you would respond to them. There was an assessor for each group who sat quietly and noted everyones responses
Part 2: individual written responses to general questions about the job tasks. This was only 1 A4 sheet of paper with 4 questions to answer
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you approach a customer in your section that looked confused about certain products?