I applied online. I interviewed at ALDI (Chichester, England) in Jul 2017
Interview
Group interview, they herd you in, in groups of 12.
along with all the other cattle that get to this stage "pretty much everyone I assume"
in 1 hour slots on multiple dates and multiple times on those date.
The interviewer talks for 90% of the interview, the other 10% is shared between the 12 saps thinking they actually have a fair chance at a job, you get to introduce yourself, name age and your last couple of jobs, then you're split into 2 groups, told you've survived a plane crash and to pick 3 painfully obvious items from a list.
Then you get handed a sheet of paper to write your name on, and X some boxes to see if you know what 2+2 is. takes about 1 minute.
You're then asked for dates you'll be available for your work trial.
Then you'll get an email a couple of days later saying "Thank you for your recent application. Unfortunately on this occasion you have not been successful.
Due to the high volume of applications that we receive, we are unable to provide specific feedback to individual candidates."
Feels like more of a lottery than an interview process.
I applied online. The process took 4 days. I interviewed at ALDI (Bishops Stortford, England) in Jun 2017
Interview
Applied online, did all of the questions, judgement tests etc. Got accepted for an "individual assessment".
First interview ("Individual Assessment") was very simple, sat in a room with the area manager. Was asked questions about the company and myself. The interview was scheduled for 5.45 till 6.00, I got there early at 5.35, but I was sat waiting for my interview until 6.05 and it didn't finish until 6.25.
After this interview I was offered to have an "Aldi Store Experience". This involved getting to the Aldi store at 7AM, working on rotating the fresh produce, and restocking shelves until 8.45. This was very physically straining, with big boxes of carrots etc being really quite heavy, and really being thrown in the deep end with almost no assistance. At 8.45 I had a quick talk with the store manager until 9, which basically was just me and the store manager discussing how I found it, what sort of hours would I be interested in etc.
At 9 I went home and the next morning I got an email from Aldi recruitment saying that I was not successful. The email also states "Due to the high volume of applications that we receive, we are unable to provide specific feedback to individual candidates. ". I personally believe this is absolute ridiculous that I give up my time for an interview and 2 hours free labor to get absolutely no feedback what so ever. If that is how much they value applicants then I think I dodged the bullet there by being unsuccessful.
I applied online. I interviewed at ALDI (Edinburgh, Schottland) in Jun 2017
Interview
Online Situational Awareness Test - various examples of what actions to take in certain scenarios involving stock, customers, managers.
Group Interview - Speak about yourself, answer situational awareness questions, fill out simple maths sheet.
Store Experience for one hour - given a tour and asked to complete basic tasks like stock.