Sales Associate applicants have rated the interview process at NEXT with 1.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 75% positive. To compare, the company-average is 69% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Sales Associate roles take an average of 7 days to get hired, when considering 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at NEXT overall takes an average of 17 days.
Common stages of the interview process at NEXT as a Sales Associate according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 25%
Phone interview: 25%
IQ intelligence test: 13%
One on one interview: 13%
Personality test: 13%
Group panel interview: 13%
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An aptitude test, followed by a phone interview. The process took around 2 weeks. The aptitude test had a few parts and I heard back very soon after. A couple of weeks later I had the phone interview.
Really Short and easy. only asked 4 questions and quick to provide feedback. Based on previous customer service experience and dealing with difficult customers. Experience working in retail and customer service
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at NEXT (Havant, England) in Apr 2026
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very slow process, it took over 3 weeks for a response and I had to eventually contact them myself which led to me being ignored. The lady was really nice in my first stage of my interview but I have heard rumours that the company is not great to work for.