Purchasing Assistant applicants have rated the interview process at ALDI with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 40% positive. To compare, the company-average is 51.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Purchasing Assistant roles take an average of 18 days to get hired, when considering 5 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at ALDI overall takes an average of 18 days.
Common stages of the interview process at ALDI as a Purchasing Assistant according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 25%
Phone interview: 25%
One on one interview: 17%
Skills test: 17%
Background check: 8%
Presentation: 8%
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I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at ALDI
Interview
They make it clear in the interview that you will never grow in the company and will have to be satisfied where you are at and they make it clear they do not want to have to hire for the position again so you better be prepared to stick around. They also made it clear there is no real culture or 'fun' to be had and how serious the office environment was. While I completely understand hard work, I think companies thrive when there is a mix of both so I was shocked at how forward they were with this information. I consider some of what they said to be severe drawbacks to a corporate company...however, some may see that as a good thing. It was a great learning experience with regards to the structure of ALDI...but not a company I could see most people wanting to be apart of if they would like to grow in their careers. Definitely not for me.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What would you do if you came into an environment where you had to learn your new job but everyone was too busy to help you?
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at ALDI (Batavia, IL) in Jan 2023
Interview
Intimidating. First interview is with other prospects in the same interview along with Aldi recruiters and different hiring managers. You get asked a question and you have to listen to the other candidates answers .
They give you one interview alone and then the second time you compete with other people and the actual purchasers don’t say anything unless asked and then they never say anything after that.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at ALDI (Batavia, IL) in Nov 2017
Interview
After submitting a resume I was invited for a phone screening. They were fairly prompt in responding to my resume and the phone screener was polite and knowledgeable. They are very good at identifying if you are qualified for the position. I was not offered a position but they were prompt to inform me instead of simply ignoring me which was very helpful.