I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at ALDI (Cork) in Jun 2018
Interview
Online assessment: Easy, multiple choice maths questions and various possible scenarios you would encounter as a store assistant. Took about 45 minutes, hardest part was taking the time to manually enter all your CV and personal info.
A few days later I received an email inviting me to a group interview.
Group Interview: There were eight of us. One person didn't turn up and we were the second group of the day. Interviewer mentioned that he had several groups to meet so competition is tough. Began with introducing ourselves to the group (Tip: Some people rambled on which didn't come across great in my opinion so try to avoid that). We then did a timed 5 minute written test consisting of ten questions, similar to the online assessment. The final part of the interview involved our group being split into 2 teams and listing 11 items in terms of importance after your plane crashes in Canada during Winter. (Example: A pistol, spare clothes, axe, canvas cover, lighter, mirror, chocolate bar etc)
Received an email next day letting me know that I didn't get the position and was quite disappointed as I felt that it went really well. I think the fact that I was a student put them off and the work is very physically demanding and I know I do not come across as someone very strong perhaps? However at the end of the day it was a great interview process and the area manager who carried our the interview was very nice and professional and explain the role, pay and benefits thoroughly.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
You have a 6 and 4 hour shift at the beginning of the week, you then have a 6 and 7 hour shift at the end of the week, how many hours in total will you work?
Started as a group where we were educated on the history and benefits about working at ALDI, and were asked what we think working at ALDI is like. Seemed like a good company with fair pay. The individual interview itself only asked availability.
I was first givwn the opportunity to join a group assessment, which I passed. I was then asked to attend a face-to-face interview, in-store but the manager did not come into work that day and I was asked to rearrange the interview after waiting for over an hour. Another applicant also turned uo and waited 30 minutes after I arrived
It is an online interview section where you are asked a question then you record and send. Best you use an iPhone you can several times and send the best