I applied through a staffing agency. I interviewed at Tesco (Scarborough, England) in Apr 2025
Interview
Usual interview stuff mostly concentrating on my customer service experience. Nice tidy environment and the people I spoke to seemed good. I didn’t dress over the top but thought they were still impressed with me
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A customer service question on how to handle a dispute
Tesco interview is a friendly, straightforward conversation focused on customer service and teamwork. Hiring managers typically ask scenario-based questions to assess how you handle fast-paced retail environments. Okay if slightly easy overall.
Pretty fun. Seemed like it would be hard work, but I thought the people would be nice to work with. All in all professional and interesting. Would recommend it as a process
Straight forward enough. Just a bit of a chat with store manager. Lasted about 20 mins or so. Had a look round the store and I asked about what the shifts were and if I could do part time to fit round school.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked how flexible I could be on allocation of shifts and if I could work weekends.
Cashier applicants have rated the interview process at Tesco with 2.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 72% positive. To compare, the company-average is 67% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Cashier roles take an average of 7 days to get hired, when considering 18 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Tesco overall takes an average of 18 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Tesco as a Cashier according to 18 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 25%
Background check: 19%
One on one interview: 19%
Phone interview: 14%
Presentation: 8%
Personality test: 6%
Group panel interview: 3%
Other: 3%
Drug test: 3%
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