ASDA Interview Advice

Caged said:
I really don't see the point of the big team building exercise where they employer wants "the best of the best" for a minimum wage crap job. I understand it's a buyer's market but it's just tacky, delusional and pretty embarrassing that the staff running it actually believe it all.
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because when 1000+ people apply for a job its far quicker and easier to observe people for a few hours than to sit them down one after another to go through some rehearsed at home questions and answers

with 5 people making character judgements for a few hours they get a good idea of what sort of person you are
 
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I had an ASDA interview about 3 years ago, there was 6 of us in a room building a tower made out of marshmellows and spaghetti.

Then we had to put famous celebrity names on pieces of paper and stick it on eachothers heads then guess who they were.

Complete bull **** interview.

Just go in there and try and talk non stop, and remember to smile your head off, they love that crap.
 
What an awful lot of nonsense and rigmarole to go through to get a job stacking shelves...madness!!!

Wear the suit and just tolerate what appears to be some Orwellian nightmare interview process.
 
Nemesis379 said:
Magic' interview.
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One of my friends works there, he had to do the same thing.

You have practically already got the job, all that's for is a team work excercise with other new recruits for various positions.
 
smart casual is more than enough for the "magic" interviews, they are group sessions often split into groups of 4-6, where you get to do some "team" based activities. no not gang bangs! although they would be more fun.

You also watch a few pointless videos and that's that. Not everyone will get the job, about half of those with you won't get the job.
 
For a 'Magic' interview, one must dress accordingly.

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Go smartly dressed, don't be afriad to speak during the group exercises and if you do build/draw anything during the exercise find a way to incorporate the letter A or replicate the A-frame entrances found at almost every large Asda.

*Former employee who dealt with Magic
 
Yep, I worked for ASDA for about 6 months last year before coming back to uni. The Magic interview wasn't actually that bad. Dress smartly (don't need a full suit) and make an effort to get involved and you'll do fine.

We started by going round the group introducing ourselves, then watched a short video about ASDA, had a group exercise which involved making monsters out of craft materials (balloons, felt, etc) and finished with a tour of the store (which included rumbling one of the aisles). I got a call the day after asking me to come back for a one to one interview. Day after that I got a call saying I got the job and arranged a date for induction.
 
Ergh ASDA Magic interview sounds like my worst nightmare.

Wouldn't work for that ****** American anti-union company anyway.
 
I had one of the interviews mentioned, re. building stuff, when I went for a job as a Home Shopping Driver. I was the only one in a suit. I was the only one to get the job. Always suit and tie for an interview.
 
Bloody hell, sign of the times. When I had a few jobs as warehouse worker in my youth, I pretty much turned up, they said "can you read and count?" which I confirmed, and started work.



Little did they know.... mwahaha.
 
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