I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at John Lewis & Partners (London, England) in May 2014
Interview
Very friendly company, I was interviewed by two section managers. They were looking for interpersonal and selling characteristics, also how you will adapt to difficult questions posed by customers to offer the best customer service, because that is the main ethos of John Lewis.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A customer wants a table but it is not in stock, how would you manage this whilst providing excellent customer service?
I interviewed at John Lewis & Partners (London, England)
Interview
QPretty simple, know your products, current trends etc.
include others in group assessment as collaboration is important.
Why John Lewis and how would you add value?
How would you handle a disgruntled customer?
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe what good customer service looks like to you.
Standard questions as expected, management made me feel at ease during interview and got to meet some team members too. Tasks to work through information and then 1-1 interview with hiring manager
Behavioural and situational questions relating to your experience and job requirements. 1 ac and an interview with 2 people after. Should be only 30 minutes with follow-up questions if needed.
Selling Assistant applicants have rated the interview process at John Lewis & Partners with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 73.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Selling Assistant roles take an average of 33 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at John Lewis & Partners overall takes an average of 17 days.
Common stages of the interview process at John Lewis & Partners as a Selling Assistant according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 50%
Group panel interview: 50%
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