Retail Assistant applicants have rated the interview process at Primark with 2.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 71% positive. To compare, the company-average is 73.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Retail Assistant roles take an average of 18 days to get hired, when considering 34 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Primark overall takes an average of 16 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Primark as a Retail Assistant according to 34 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 31%
Phone interview: 14%
Skills test: 13%
Background check: 11%
Personality test: 9%
Presentation: 7%
Group panel interview: 6%
Drug test: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Other: 1%
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I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Primark (London, England) in Aug 2011
Interview
I applied online, where you need to create a profile, then you need to answer 20+ question about what you will do in different situations, customer service questions, how will you help the customers in different situations.
The questions are not very difficult, you just need to be honest about you judgement.
If you pass the questions stage, the will invite you to an interview.
The interview is not very difficult, it lasted around 10-15 minutes.
If you are accepted they will call to offer you the position.
You need to make sure you research the history of Primark, what new stores are opening or has been opened recently, what is the trend now for different products, for example ladies wear.
Interview questions [4]
Question 1
How did you help other members of staff in the past?
good experience, asked standard questions such as in STAR format eg teamwork, resilience, etc and was fairly short, around 25 minutes, did not get the offer unfortunately but may be due to my availability
The interview was straightforward, with a few basic questions about holiday availability, teamwork, previous experience, and examples of when I demonstrated key skills and qualities such as communication, reliability, and customer service.
simple, asked questions about day to day scenarios that could occur at the shop and what you would do in those situations then asked about availability, said they are always happy to give people their first job
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
what you'd say to someone who wanted to try something on but fitting room line was long