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Updated Dec 9, 2011 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Area Manager at ALDI
Posted Dec 9, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2009 (took 2 months)
As a former Area Manager with ALDI, I would strongly discourage anyone with a university degree from going for the Area Manager role with ALDI. The typical people you will be working with in these roles are obnoxious, aggressive and over confident. This is the ALDI type they are after. They only want people with uni degrees because it shows you can achieve something. You won’t be using anything you’ve learnt at uni, so it seems such a waste of all that study. The role is basically running their supermarkets, a job which people without a uni degree could also manage easily.
They will work you to the bone for 2-3 years and then replace you with new grads. There are very limited opportunities to progress above Area Manager, as the number of Director roles is limited and everyone is competing for them, and the existing Directors won’t leave their current roles so they don’t come up often.
The progression from Area Manager is to Store Operations Director, Buying Director, Property Director or Warehouse Director. Given the existing directors have nowhere else to go, besides Managing Director, there are limited opportunities for progression. Each region can only have 1 or 2 Store Operations Directors etc., there is only 1 Managing Director. So the number of people in the Director roles is small.
Most people working for ALDI develop very specific skills in overseeing supermarkets, and there are limited opportunities to move into other retail companies with the ALDI experience. Other retailers would rather promote their existing staff into management, and so if you leave the company you will find it difficult to gain employment elsewhere with the ALDI background as your experience.
I would strongly discourage anyone from pursuing an opportunity with them, as they are a ruthless company and will use you until they can replace you. ALDI only operates for the profit of the German owners. ALDI don’t hesitate to replace people they don’t like, and their staff turnover is very high.
Uni graduates would be better advised to work in roles where they can utilize the degree they’ve studied, which in the long term will give them a lot more opportunities than ALDI can offer. Whilst other companies offer a lower starting salary for graduates, you will quickly catch up, and in the long term be in a much better position with a career that actually makes you attractive to many firms.
Whilst the ALDI starting salary is high, it doesn’t go up much further once you are in the company. It is a bait to attract lots of applicants to apply, and then you get stuck. I really regret working for ALDI and would have been better off starting off in a career oriented firm where I was using my uni degree.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Background Check.
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Area Manager at ALDI
Posted Jun 9, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2009 in Nurnberg (Germany) (took a day)
Interview felt more like a chat with the GM. He asked a lot of questions concerning previous job experience and highly focused on questions concerning your personality. You gotta be a highly flexible person , work long hours and gotta have a hands on approach. Aldi loves practical people that can forecast control and direct effectively.
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There were no negotiations concerning salary. ALDI pays very good anyways. It was a take it or leave it situation
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Area Manager at ALDI
Posted May 26, 2011
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4.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2009 in Manchester, England (United Kingdom) (took 3 weeks)
The Aldi Area Manager graduate scheme is heavily oversubscribed mainly due to the above average salary on offer plus promise of swift progression. The main area of questioning focuses on leadership experience either professionally or socially as many candidates are recent graduates without a great deal of work experience. Captain of sports teams, academic groups, Scouts etc are popular choices if you don't have a great deal of work experience.
My advice is be yourself as if you try to be something you're not and get the job you will not enjoy it and no matter how much the salary is, it's not enough, you have to enjoy the challenges you will face in order to do well.
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Negotiation Details
There is no negotiation as every area manager comes in on the same salary and existing area managers are all on the same salary which depends upon length of service.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.
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Area Manager at ALDI
Posted Jul 28, 2010
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3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2010 (took 4+ weeks)
first i had a phone interview, usual questions (why aldi, why retail, what do u know about us etc)
group interview took about 3 hours, first they tell u a bit about the company then there' s a group activity and a 1:1 interview
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Area Manager at ALDI
Posted Oct 24, 2009
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2009 (took a day)
I met the company during a university recruiting event. They were lookin for mainly graduates only and you could easily tell. I went to the interview next day and spoke with the director of operations that hired the people. I came back for an on site interview with a group of people and they took us out to lunch and met with several different people throughout the day. Very long day.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Area Manager at ALDI
Posted Aug 17, 2009
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4.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed May 2009 in Sydney (Australia) (took 2 months)
Aldi's recruitment process for the management trainees are handled through Hudsons.
I had an initial screening interview over the phone with a Hudson junior recruiter - very easy questions, just basic interview stuff. Only took about 10 minutes.
I was then invited for a 1 hour interview with a more senior Hudsons recruiter - the questions here are focused on your leadership qualities: how would you train people, solve problems, deal with angry customers, etc.
I was then successful and went onto the assessment centre round. This is essentially the final round and we had a group activity plus interview with a senior ALDI manager. It went the whole day. In the group activity we were given a hypothetical plane crash scenario and had to prioritise a list of items we would take with us.
I bombed out I guess because I didn't get the position.
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