I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Primark (London, England) in Nov 2014
Interview
Waited in the canteen for about 5-10 minutes until I was called into the office. One on one interview was very calm. You could tell that they don't particularly care if you are experienced or not because her focus was on my shifts, whether I study and how that would fit into working. She asked me simple questions like examples of working in a team, how I would organise her cabinet of files (colour coded, alphabetical etc). Less serious questions were like my hobbies, where I see myself in five years and what Primark has to offer that is different to other brands. After the interview it was quite clear that I got the job because she asked me for my passport to scan and NI number. She then said that I had another task where I was taken onto the shop floor to organise a messy area. They gave me 20 minutes to fix the makeup section as best as I could and on that they would judge whether I was fast paced for the company. But I also think it was just to get some extra people to clear up for free.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What makes Primark different to other competing brands such as H&M?
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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