I applied in-person. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Tesco (Chelmsford, England) in Apr 2013
Interview
This was a group interview. Candidates were given a sheet of paper each with a desert island scenario and the interviewers asked someone to read it out. As someone who volunteered to read it out to everyone when the others all shook their heads and refused, this impressed the interviewers.
There was a list of 20 items and only 5 could be chosen to use on a desert island. The group had to have a 15 - 20 minute discussion of what these items should be.
After that, copies of everyone's passports and National Insurance cards were made whilst the candidates filled out a basic application form to let staff know the best shifts to work.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The competency based questions on the website eg. A "Which answer most applies to you?" type questionnaire was filled out at the interview.
Interview was around 2.5 hours in total. Started with a group interview then 20 minutes on the shop floor shadowing a checkout colleague then finally a 1 to 1 interview with a manager.
Nice environment. Kind people. Asked the right questions and I felt I could ask any questions i had. Overall I enjoyed the experience and would recommend to other people to do an interview with them.
Very easy, just asked a few questions about my experience and my availability on time etc. what days i can work and my flexability on the dates i can do