Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at ASDA as 100% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Sales Assistant and Customer Service rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Sales Assistant and Customer Service roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at ASDA takes an average of 3 days when considering 2 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Sales Assistant had the quickest hiring process (on average 3 days), whereas Sales Assistant roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 3 days).
I applied online and was invited to a group selection interview shortly after. the group selection interview was very informal and fun. we had to find out about our partner and introduce them to the group individually, we then were given the task to build something out of balloons, and tell the interviewers how many balloons high it was going to be and also give it a name. I had the ide of building a flower, which our team did and we won the challenge. we were then taken out to the shop floor and told about tasks that colleagues have to do everyday and we had to locate milk and write down what aisle we found it in. after this we went back into the interview room and had to write down which department we would like to work in and what hours we could do. then the interview was over.
a week later I was asked to come back for a one-to-one interview. again this interview was very informal and I was only asked a few questions and it only lasted 5-10 minutes. I was then told that I had been successful and I'd got the job.
some tips for the interview stages - don't be too serious, everyone at asda is really fun and outgoing, don't forget that the interviewers themselves had to go through the same interview as you once, engage in conversation with the interviewer and don't be afraid to ask questions, don't dress too formal the interviews are very laid back, go for smart casual, good luck!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
have you worked in a customer service based role before?
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at ASDA
Interview
Had an interview for the position of Asda colleague this week, the interview was one of the strangest I have ever had. To begin with it was a group interview, with a manager leading it, and three colleagues around the room taking notes. We had to partner up with the person sat next to us, ask them some questions, and then present back to the room, introducing the person next to us. Next we were split into two groups of four, and asked to create a presentation about ideas for improving a customers experience in the store, and then present back to the room. Our next challenge involved us being split into 2 different groups, and we were told to go into a room and look at a structure which had been made from childrens building blocks, we were then told to go into our groups and recreate the structure, every 5 minutes 1 person from the group was allowed to go back in to look at the structure, so that you could make changes.
The next stage of the process was the one to one interviews, which I felt were conducted in a strange way, as the asda colleagues interviewed me, I am not use to it being somebody who would be a peer conducting interviews, I am more use to speaking to a manager, or supervisor.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What would you do if you were offered more training opportunities to advance your career?
I applied online. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at ASDA (Bristol, Inglaterra) in Oct 2014
Interview
Did an online application and test and was invited to an Asda Magic event. It was all fine until we were told that they didn't have all the jobs available that we had applied for and to fill in a form with the departments we wanted to work. I wasn't happy as had specifically wanted an admin position and not a shop floor one.