Commercial Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Marks & Spencer with 2 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 75.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Common stages of the interview process at Marks & Spencer as a Commercial Manager according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
Drug test: 50%
One on one interview: 50%
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I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Marks & Spencer (London, England) in Nov 2014
Interview
Initially I was contacted through LinkedIn, this was then followed by an phone interview, very basic, which then led to a mock assessment via email.
Commercial Analysis with action plan presentation for 90mins, swot plan with 30, 60 & 90 day actions. This is then followed by 30min interview, about previous experience and what you can offer the business.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why would you give a manager opportunity to fail, when you were briefed that they were a problem.
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 6 days. I interviewed at Marks & Spencer (Brussels) in Jun 2021
Interview
2 entretiens, très cordiaux et professionnels.
Questions sur les compétences mais aussi sur les soft Skills et le savoir être.
Ouverture aux parcours atypiques.
Entretien très humain. Volonté de projeter le candidat dans le futur rôle et de s’assurer de l’alchimie et de la complémentarité avec le reste de la direction.
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Marks & Spencer (London, England) in May 2017
Interview
There was a technical exercise, (90 mins) followed by a short presentation to one assessor based on this exercise, with questions afterwards. Then there was a separate one to one interview, which was competency based. It lasted around 3 hours in total.