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Boots interviews FAQs
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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I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Boots (Portlaoise) in Oct 2017
Interview
process took just over a week.
Applied online , immediatly asked to do an assesment, assesment conssted of sitiuational and personality questions.
two days later was emailed and asked to come in for an interview i was told the interview would last 1 hour, and i had to pick a product that would be available in store I chose my day and time slot.
I interviewed at boots portlaoise. the interview only lasted 25 minutes max. first we went out the back and was asked about availabilty and if i had any previous retail experience. then i was only asked three more questions, they were tough to answer though. Then we went out onto the shop floor she brought me to an aisle and asked me a few more situational questions e.g what would you do if a customer came in looking for a cost effective suncream, what would you do if a customer wanted to sample a fragrance before they buy it. after this she asked me what my chosen product was, i had to pick a customer and tell them about my product. I was lucky because i chose hair dye and there was a teenage girl who was actually planning on dying her hair soon so we had a great chat. After that we went back into the back room and I was asked if i would be willing to work in any other stores i listed the stores i was willing to travel to and that was it, she told me it would take a couple of days to hear back. the following day i got a call from a different store where i said i would be willing to work and they told me the store i applied for was full but offered me a 20 hour contract in their store, I am meeting with the assistant manager tomorrow to discuss it !
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
tell me about a time you had had to use passion to complete a difficult task
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