I applied through an employee referral. The process took 6 days. I interviewed at Boots (London, England) in Oct 2016
Interview
I was greeted my the woman conducted my interview who was very lovely, she then took me to the office and asked for my passport to photocopy (standard procedure). She then asked me a few simple questions about myself (contact info, availability etc). She then asked some "tell me a time when" questions (listed below) and then took me out onto the shop floor and asked some other questions (listed below) and got me to approach a few customers and then sell my chosen product to her. We then went back to her office and she gave me the option to add things to my previous answers and then told me she would be in touch soon. This interview was yesterday and I have not heard back from them yet.
Interview questions [5]
Question 1
Tell me a time you were put into a situation with people you didn't know
I applied online. I interviewed at Boots (Middlesbrough, England)
Interview
The process was fairly informal and friendly. I was just asked a few basic questions, followed by a simple exercise on the shop floor handing out samples to customers in the store.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Boots
Interview
basic questions like why boots and why this role. then second part of the interview was just interacting with customers and how would i "sell" a product (could be anything)
I applied in-person. I interviewed at Boots (Cork) in Oct 2025
Interview
questions about availability work exp and your availability to travel. i was told id be notified via email or phone call in coming days if i got the role or not
Christmas Customer Assistant applicants have rated the interview process at Boots with 2.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 71% positive. To compare, the company-average is 72.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Christmas Customer Assistant roles take an average of 9 days to get hired, when considering 7 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Boots overall takes an average of 16 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Boots as a Christmas Customer Assistant according to 7 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 50%
Personality test: 40%
Skills test: 10%
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