Anyone worked for Aldi?

Skorzeny · 15 Jun 2012 at 23:07

Hi all, as the title says, I've got an interview at Aldi which is on Monday at the local job centre.

Has anyone got any experience of the process? The man who rang me works for a recruitment company not for Aldi, so the details were sparse, but he said that if you get past this stage you go on to have a group interview; but I do not know any more than that.

Couple of questions too:

I have a drivers' license, but not a car, will this be a hindrance? (I can get there on the train.)

Apparently they're really funny about criminal records, and I have a caution or whatever it's called because I got busted with a bag of weed when I was 15, should I mention this?

Thanks in advance.

T345 · 15 Jun 2012 at 23:08

dont do weed :mad:

thepeteh · 15 Jun 2012 at 23:09

If it's for an in store job I doubt not having a car would be an issue or even come up in conversation. I wouldnt mention the criminal record bit unless asked. Good luck.

MeatLoaf · 15 Jun 2012 at 23:22

If they ask if you have any convictions say no.

However, my sister worked for Aldi a few yeard back and she had to pay her own tax and NI.

SilverTongue · 15 Jun 2012 at 23:28

MeatLoaf said:
If they ask if you have any convictions say no.

ignore this as you can lose your job over this. If they ask you MUST be honest, however if they don't ask you don't need to say

kinobestew123 · 15 Jun 2012 at 23:30

SilverTongue said:
ignore this as you can lose your job over this. If they ask you MUST be honest, however if they don't ask you don't need to say

So what's he got to lose if he doesn't already have a job?

TheCenturion · 15 Jun 2012 at 23:32

I thought that your record was wiped when you turn 18?

One More Solo · 15 Jun 2012 at 23:32

A caution is not a criminal conviction.

SilverTongue · 15 Jun 2012 at 23:33

if you are asked at interview and you lie about it and are subsequently offered the job and are then found out you can lose your job :rolleyes:

mollymoo · 15 Jun 2012 at 23:35

TheCenturion said:
I thought that your record was wiped when you turn 18?

Your record never gets wiped, a general CRB may not show anything but say you wanted to work in a school everything would come out, including any driving offences and cautions.

gitbags · 15 Jun 2012 at 23:35

SilverTongue said:
if you are asked at interview and you lie about it and are subsequently offered the job and are then found out you can lose your job

Too true, we lost a member of staff for lying about criminal offences inc. cautions. But then again she had been to prison.

mithrandir · 15 Jun 2012 at 23:36

THIS might help.

Van Hellseek · 15 Jun 2012 at 23:36

SilverTongue said:
if you are asked at interview and you lie about it and are subsequently offered the job and are then found out you can lose your job

But he only loses what he didnt have to begin with... Which I think is the above posters point.

The Halk · 15 Jun 2012 at 23:38

mithrandir said:
THIS might help.

Shut the forums, we have a better way.

:rolleyes:

kinobestew123 · 15 Jun 2012 at 23:43

Van Hellseek said:
But he only loses what he didnt have to begin with... Which I think is the above posters point.

Yeah exactly. I meant it more tongue in cheek though. Getting sacked for any reason is probably worse for your future than petty convictions.

The problem the OP has is that he will never get a job if they ask about criminal convictions and he mentions weed even if it was when he was 15 and he wasn't properly convicted.

jamesblade · 15 Jun 2012 at 23:43

SilverTongue said:
ignore this as you can lose your job over this. If they ask you MUST be honest, however if they don't ask you don't need to say

Check online, depending on the time from when you got your caution to present day under the rehabilitation of offenders act 1974..

Here's a link that answers your question. There is a section that deals with "Cautions" near the bottom.

Don't let it hang over your head, I did. And it stopped me applying for jobs I really wanted to do for years. When I actually had nothing to worry about even though I had the proverbial rap sheet as long as my arm..

Link - Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

Think Aldi is classed as self employed ?

Sorry if this has been answered already, posted before I got to the end. Good luck.

kinobestew123 · 15 Jun 2012 at 23:45

mithrandir said:
THIS might help.

I can't stand that stupid website. Unless someone asks something massively obvious then it's not funny or clever.

mithrandir · 15 Jun 2012 at 23:50

kinobestew123 said:
I can't stand that stupid website. Unless someone asks something massively obvious then it's not funny or clever.

The Halk said:
Shut the forums, we have a better way.

Looks like you both missed the point. Not being funny, just that some of the results point to useful tips from people who have experience of an Aldi interview.

"andy" · 16 Jun 2012 at 00:01

i wouldnt mention it.

its probably expired or was 'spent' when you turned 18 and if it did show up (doubtful that they would be doing an enchanced disclosure) you could probably argue that you cant remember that it was a proper caution

Hamster · 16 Jun 2012 at 00:08

mithrandir said:
Looks like you both missed the point. Not being funny, just that some of the results point to useful tips from people who have experience of an Aldi interview.

You're probably not aware and did it unmaliciously but providing a link using that website is viewed as an underhand way of saying 'Can't you search on google, stupid?'

A friendlier way is to actually link to pages with relevant information.