Sales Advisor applicants have rated the interview process at River Island with 2.6 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 57% positive. To compare, the company-average is 59.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Sales Advisor roles take an average of 5 days to get hired, when considering 16 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at River Island overall takes an average of 7 days.
Common stages of the interview process at River Island as a Sales Advisor according to 16 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 41%
One on one interview: 22%
Presentation: 13%
Skills test: 13%
Personality test: 6%
Other: 3%
Background check: 3%
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I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at River Island
Interview
You will have to complete an online application form like you do for most employers. They will ask you for your qualifications, experience, and basic information... then if they like you... you will be invited to a "recruitment fair"... and they will ask you to book in a slot.
If there is one position.. expect there to be around 50 candidates. I was interviewed for a new store and there were around 500 candidates for about 20 permanent positions. The recruitment fair usually takes place over a week with 2 sets of interviews each day.
There was about 20 people in my group.. and we all went into the training room. You wrote your name on a piece of paper and stuck it to your chest so everyone (and the managers) knew who you were. You then had to go round the room and the manager would pick on someone different each time to deliver an "ice breaker"... so you had to say your name, something interesting about you, and why you want to work for River Island. Everyone did this once, then we went round again saying one truth and one lie about ourselves, and everyone had to guess which statement was a lie (I said I had three sisters and a poodle or I've lived in Australia for 3 years).
You then got put into groups for 5/10 minutes and had to plan a 5 minutes presentation on how to give great customer service, and why you want to work for River Island, which you delivered to the rest of the room.
THEN, everyone individually had to stand up and say why they were wearing what they're wearing (I was wearing blue ripped skinny jeans and a cheque blouse: I said because it's on trend and similar to River Island style and it's comfortable)
THEN you got group interviewed in the same groups you were in giving the presentation.
The whole interview lasted around 2.5/3 hours! And the whole duration of the process lasted around 4 weeks.
I interviewed at River Island (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Interview
Pretty simple, wanted to know about availability, any previous experience within the retail industry and what about the company I knew about. Had some basic experience questions that the star technique comes in handy for!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why River Island, and what about the company aligned with my own interests and values.
I interviewed at River Island (Birmingham, England)
Interview
group interview with the commercial manager, this was quite an easy interview. they want to know how you deal with scenario based questions and how confident you can deliver the service.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
they give you a task on how to dress for a certain event, you pick out outfits from the shop floor, describe why you chose those specific outfits.
they look for confidence when you speak.
I applied online. I interviewed at River Island in Jun 2026
Interview
My interview was done online with an ai bot who asks you questions. I answered them but I don’t think the questions are the same for everyone. But I did my best and in my opinion interviews online is better than face to face.