I applied online. I interviewed at ALDI (Nottingham, England) in Jun 2017
Interview
Graduates beware, if you are looking at this role to gain experience for the graduate scheme, don't bother. If you're unsuccessful you can't apply for 12 months.
Aldi offered me an interview, but had no intention of taking me (they didn't make me do Maths questions or ask questions off the hiring sheet)
I filled out the questionnaire online, plus added a supporting statement, detailing what I know about Aldi and why Aldi etc.
I received an email asking me to pick an interview slot, I applied for the Hucknall branch but the interview was for a different branch (Radford). I thought they changed the store due to the hours I picked, but at the interview they said it was a 25 hour contract (more hours than I originally wanted - 17 - 20 hours).
At the interview they were not interested in what I knew about Aldi or my relevant skills. They literally just asked me why I had applied. Afterwards they told me I'd know in 24 hours, it took over a week for them to get back to me and tell me I was unsuccessful.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at ALDI (Stourbridge, England) in Jul 2017
Interview
I applied for the position of store assistant and the first was a series of online questions, some basic maths and situational questions, all of which were multi choice.
Within a few days I received an email inviting me to an individual assessment. This consisted of an interview with the area manager during which I was given another 10 multi choice questions with 5 minutes to complete them. Just basic maths stuff again and being able to pick out correct barcodes and products.
For a job interview it was fairly relaxed. I initially had to go through my life history and then I was asked why I wanted to work at Aldi, and what qualities and abilities I could apply to the role. There was also one scenario based question about a customer dropping some eggs on the floor and what you would do.
Later that day I received an email inviting me to a store experience day. Mine was a week later and consisted of 2 hours in my local store where I spoke to the manager, assistant manager, and worked with some of the staff doing various roles to see if it still appealed.
Although I was told it may take a few days to hear if I was successful, I received an email with a job offer within hours.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
After going through my life history I was asked why I wanted to work at Aldi and what skills and abilities I could bring to the role as I had no previous retail experience. Other than that it was a general chat and explanation of the role.
Applied online and a month later was emailed to come in for a 20 minute assesment.
The area manager asked me to tell her about my self (hobbies & what I am doing at the moment), what I know about the company, why I want to work for Aldi, how will I get there (bus,car etc).Also she asked would the contract hours be acceptable, am I flexible and can I do weekends as well. Lastly she asked me 2 situational questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A customer is paying for a ham and says she has been overcharged for it. You realise there are two sections for the hams; discounted and the non discounted hams and she has picked up the latter assuming it was on offer. How would you handle this situation?