I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Marks & Spencer (Prestwich, England) in Jul 2016
Interview
I applied online and was told I had an interview for the next day. There was a role play about a customer who was having a dinner party and wanted advice about what to buy. They give you 5 sheets explaining the role play and additional info you need, then leave you for 5 minutes to plan it. Then the interviewer comes back in and you have to treat them as the customer. That was relatively easy to pass as long as you make sure to be confident and try to up sell! If you pass that then you will be asked some questions about past experience and examples of things. Then at the end it's simply availability questions and things like that. Make sure you know about plan A, the 4 i's and just some interesting facts about M&S, which you can find on their website. At the end she told me I had passed but they had more interviews to do so she would call me by the end of the week. I got a phone call the next day saying I had the job.
I applied online. I interviewed at Marks & Spencer
Interview
The interview was very informal - more like a chat. Got asked about my previous work experience from my cv and the skills I gained from those experiences, Lasted around 10-15 minutes.
I interviewed at Marks & Spencer (Bristol, England)
Interview
Was nice and simple - and the questions were good and they were really engaging in everything I was saying felt more like a conversation rather than an interview. Loved it everyone should apply to marks and Spencer’s big up
I applied in-person. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Marks & Spencer (Cumbernauld, Scotland) in May 2026
Interview
The interview itself was very awkward, with no formal start to it from the person that I spoke to. I went into the store and asked the only person who didn't look busy, that person ended up being my interviewer however he didn't tell me that until we sat down in an office and the interview started. It really confused me which I think affected my performance
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Previous relevant experience that would be beneficial
Sales Assistant applicants have rated the interview process at Marks & Spencer with 2.6 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 77% positive. To compare, the company-average is 75.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Sales Assistant roles take an average of 7 days to get hired, when considering 15 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Marks & Spencer overall takes an average of 16 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Marks & Spencer as a Sales Assistant according to 15 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 34%
Skills test: 24%
Personality test: 14%
Other: 7%
Group panel interview: 7%
Presentation: 7%
Phone interview: 3%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
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