Lush interview questions

Applied online through Lush Careers, had to submit a CV and a cover letter. Got a reply after the application deadline saying that they had enjoyed reading my cover letter and wanted me to fill in an online availability form. A day after that I got an invite for a recruitment evening in the store. There was no dress code for the evening and we were not told to bring anything. When I got there, there was about 40 people altogether and we were divided into 4 groups. Everyone was friendly and was a really enjoyable experience. There were four stations, each one to showcase a different skill they were looking for. The first station I went to was where I paired up with someone else and had to demo a massage bar on my partners arm. We were shown first what to do and that we needed to find out 3 facts about our partner - the person doing the massaging had to lead the conversation. We were given 5 mins each to do the demo and ask questions, after that we stood in a circle and introduced our partner to the rest of group. At the second station we were shown the 2 different types of bath bomb demos. We then split off into smaller groups and got to choose which type of demo we wanted to do and also which bath bomb we wanted to demo. We had some extra time so was a perfect opportunity to take turns again to say some more about ourselves in a circle. 3rd station was were we paired up again and pretended we were looking for a gift for someone we knew and had to ask open questions to try find the perfect gift. Last activity was going on the shop floor and taking turns pretending to be staff or customer, basically a great opportunity to demo some products and make yourself shine. With the recruitment evening its great to be as relaxed as possible and just be yourself, and have loads of fun. The next day I got an invite for the trial shift. Was told to bring a passport and wear black and white clothes with closed toe shoes. Trial shift was 1.5 hours long and there was 2 of us there for the trial shift. We were given a quick tour of the shop floor and told a few key products they wanted us to mention. They are not expecting you to know everything I just read up a bit more on my favourite lush products as it gave me a few options on things to talk about. Half way through got some feedback on what was going well and what to work on and then was sent out again to build on what I was doing before. Few days later got an email offering me the job. Overall one of my favourite interviews, everyone was so supportive and lovely, most of the time didn't even feel like an interview because it was so fun!

It was a group interview with about 10 people. We were first sat down and asked what we knew about the company, I was the only one to raise my arm and speak so I think it was a huge advantage to know the story and concept of the company. Then we were asked to form 4 groups, each one of us took a paper with a career written down on it and we had to imagine that there was an apocalypse on hearth and we had to choose (based on the career) 1 person of the group that would be able to go to the Lush planet and explain why that person was chosen. Then we had to form 4 different groups with different people than before and choose 1 product so we could talk about it to everyone. They gave us 30 minutes to go online and learn about the product which is nice to people that are not familiar with it BUT it is a huge advantage if you do. I try to help the girl I was presenting with and explained to her what the product was meant to do but it was very clear on the presentation that I was more comfortable than her talking about it. So for sure choose something you've used before! Also another advice is to choose a product you can demo. For example 2 of the 4 groups chose solid shampoos, it's hard to demo it on an interview, so choose something you can interact with the people in front of you! Then we were given a paper to write down our avaiability and at the end we were able to choose a product to take home! It didn't have to be a bath bomb which was awesome. My personal advice is to read as many experiences as you can online. Even tho my interview was not like the ones I read, I was more confident and prepared for what could happen. Also, VOLUNTEER whenever asked! During the interview they asked for a volunteer 3 times and I was the only one to raise my hand, which I think helped me a lot