I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at River Island
Interview
This honestly had to be the most unprofessional interview ever. I walked into the store where i had arrived 5 mins early and was told I should come back later to the time which honestly made no sense as I was close to the time. Anyway, there was about 15 others and they were just making us stand around to wait for about 10 mins until 2 girls with hijabs came out to see our passports and call out names etc. After this they tried to squeeze us into a tiny room and half of us were standing up which wasn't very welcoming at all. They even told some of us to stand outside which i found rude. Then we went round and did an ice breaker and were asked why we wanted to work at river island. we were then put into pairs to do an activity where we chose an outfit for a celebrity. We had to present back to everyone why we chose certain garments and then that was literally it. The email said the process would be roughly 2 hours but this all only took 40 mins. they dismissed us by saying something like "if you think you can't handle this type of environment then you should leave this isn't the place for you" which i found so rude. This is no way to welcome or dismiss potential employees. Also they said we would hear back ourselves and were told not to ring into the store as they are very "busy". River island have a bad reputation and it just shows how they don't even care about their employees. Also i was expecting a one to one interview. How are they meant to assess us individually just from that?
I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at River Island (Mahon) in Jun 2018
Interview
Applied online and was invited for an interview within 2 days. When I got to the store I was brought into the office and had a short 20 minute one-on-one interview with the manager. The manager was very friendly and the questions were not too hard. The manager had a document with set questions she had to ask and filled that out while I was answering her questions.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
Tell me about a time when you really went out of our way for a customer.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at River Island
Interview
Applied online & got invited to a recruitment day within a week. On the recruitment day there were about 15 of us, we first went round and introduced ourselves & did an ice breaker, then they asked why do we want to work for River Island. Then they split us into pairs and we had to role play, one of us being the customer and one of us being the sales advisor. Try and create a situation within the role play where what the customer wants is out of stock as they want to see what your solution would be and how you would deal with situation. After that they picked a few of us to do a 1 on 1 informal interview. Really lighthearted, just be confident.