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Updated Mar 18, 2023

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Positive72%
Negative11%
Neutral18%
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In Person4%
Employee Referral1%
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In store interview with a sales manager, general interview questions around previous experience and examples. Spoke about role and behavioural questions what would you do in certain situations etc. Interviewed for supervisor but offered senior sales position.

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The interview process is a multi-stage process for hiring new employees. The interview process typically includes the following steps:writing a job description, posting a job, scheduling interviews, conducting preliminary interviews, conducting in-person interviews, following up with candidates and making a hire

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Interview with 2 people, lots of questions about me, my education, my employment history and how i think the role is suited to me and why i want the job

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The first thing I thought was that I was gonna have a baby but then it just happened to me and then it just came out of my mouth like a baby so now I’m gonna be a little baby but then I’m like I just want a little girl so I’m

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Anonymous Employee

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The interview process was with the manager of the department and I was asked a range of generic interview questions as well as my experience with food safety and preparation

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I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Debenhams

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The role of sales assistant requires you to answer some questions 1:1 with the interviewer. Once you have answered the questions, you are taken down to the shop floor to see how you interact with customers.

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Anonymous Interview Candidate

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Online application, then invited to interview at the sore. Initially a group interview. Discussing answers in groups and reporting back. Followed by individual interview. It was only a few hours I think.

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I applied through a friend that already had a job there. The process was very quick, I scheduled an interview with the manager of the department, it lasted around 30 minutes and I accepted the offer.

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Good interview. I needed to try and help a customer on shop floor, where I had support. Quite good process and would not fault it at all. I was given feedback very quickly

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Telephone interview - over the phone with recruitment careers company variety of basic questions about yourself Group exercise - presentation selling an item 1:1 interview - with a current sales manager

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Debenhams Interviews FAQs

Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Debenhams as 72.0% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.27 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Sales Advisor Christmas Temp and Sales Advisor rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Christmas Temp and Sales Associate roles were rated as the easiest.

The hiring process at Debenhams takes an average of 20 days when considering 32 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Christmas Temp had the quickest hiring process (on average 10 days), whereas Sales Advisor Christmas Temp roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 21 days).

Common stages of the interview process at Debenhams according to 32 Glassdoor interviews include:

One on One Interview: 33.33%

Phone Interview: 26.32%

Group Panel Interview: 22.81%

Presentation: 3.51%

IQ Intelligence Test: 3.51%

Background Check: 3.51%

Personality Test: 3.51%

Drug Test: 1.75%

Skills Test: 1.75%

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