First I had to do an online assessment. Then I was called for an interview. On the day, I was asked to wait in the room and then the interviewer arrived with an assistant to make notes
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Boots (London, England) in Feb 2019
Interview
The interview was fairly relaxed and straightforward. The manager explained that she wanted it to be as informal as possible - which definitely calmed my nerves! The questions were standard customer service based ones e.g. when have you dealt with a difficult customer? Are you a good team player? Etc.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
When have you dealt with a difficult customer in the past? And how did you do this?
I applied online. I interviewed at Boots in Oct 2019
Interview
A fairly short chat, asked a few questions about what I wanted to do + why, then had a look at different frames, prescriptions and asked to explain the difference between each.
I applied online. The process took 4 days. I interviewed at Boots (Hyde, England) in Mar 2019
Interview
I was invited for an interview and interviewed by the owner and another manager of two branches. They were so friendly and welcoming and really made the interview process simple.
Trainee Optical Consultant applicants have rated the interview process at Boots with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 72.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Common stages of the interview process at Boots as a Trainee Optical Consultant according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 50%
Presentation: 50%
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