I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Primark (Irvine, Scotland) in Jun 2019
Interview
I applied last month and expected not to get the job as I have been unsuccessful with Primark in the past but I received a phone call on Sunday asking for an interview! I had to apologise to the manager as I had an interview on the Monday when they wanted me in but they rescheduled for the next day. The interview was relaxed and fairly easy with one of the managers. I chatted to the lady on the phone in person and she was very nice! Along with the lady on the customer service desk. I got a call six hours after the interview to say I had got the job and I start this Saturday for my induction! A quick process.
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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