I applied in-person. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Primark (Walsall, England) in Aug 2016
Interview
I applied late july/early august and around a month later I had a phone call asking me to attend an interview. After a month I forgot I applied tbf. When I turned up there was only me there, I expected quite a few being as they were holding a lot of interviews. After waiting around 10 minutes I got escorted through to the office where I had a one on one interview...although there was someone else there just writing down what I was saying, but she herself didn't say anything. The interviewer was lovely and almost seemed as nervous as I was. After reading about some interviews on here I was nervous but there was no need. I'm now awaiting my induction.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What do you think you'll take away from working here?
good experience, asked standard questions such as in STAR format eg teamwork, resilience, etc and was fairly short, around 25 minutes, did not get the offer unfortunately but may be due to my availability
The interview was straightforward, with a few basic questions about holiday availability, teamwork, previous experience, and examples of when I demonstrated key skills and qualities such as communication, reliability, and customer service.
simple, asked questions about day to day scenarios that could occur at the shop and what you would do in those situations then asked about availability, said they are always happy to give people their first job
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
what you'd say to someone who wanted to try something on but fitting room line was long
Retail Assistant applicants have rated the interview process at Primark with 2.2 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 73.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Retail Assistant roles take an average of 18 days to get hired, when considering 34 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Primark overall takes an average of 16 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Primark as a Retail Assistant according to 34 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 31%
Phone interview: 14%
Skills test: 13%
Background check: 11%
Personality test: 9%
Presentation: 7%
Group panel interview: 6%
Drug test: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Other: 1%
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