GOT A JOB INTERVIEW AT TESCO NEED help FORUM!

Ace Modder · 14 Feb 2012 at 23:40

Suit all the way. Every interview should be this!

shoes · 15 Feb 2012 at 00:00

More background please - is this your first job? how old are you? are you still studying? makes a difference as to whether i can help you as my first job at 16 was at sainsburys
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d_brennen · 15 Feb 2012 at 00:11

Kidnap a Tesco employee roughly that same size as you the night before the interview (killing optional) and turn up to the interview wearing a Tesco uniform and name badge. Catch them off guard

LocalNative · 15 Feb 2012 at 00:16

ng93 said:
TELL THEM YOU LIKE TO help PEOPLE.

Made me laugh

OpenToSuggestions · 15 Feb 2012 at 00:16

I got a job at Tesco in 2006.

You do NOT need a suit. You are going for hourly paid repetitive work, not a fancy salary job!

Just be polite and come across as a nice man who works hard.

[FnG]magnolia · 15 Feb 2012 at 00:21

Goddamit you guys. Every time an interview thread comes up you fill it with BS about not needing a suit. OP, if own a suit then wear it. If you don't, wear the smartest clothes you own. If you do own a suit but choose not to wear it then you are an idiot who is actively trying to lower their chances of getting the job.

I laughed at 'fancy salary job'

mrk · 15 Feb 2012 at 00:23

Castiel said:
WEAR A SUIT WITH A BOWTIE.

MrKeeno · 15 Feb 2012 at 00:23

RomanNose said:
Tell them that you like the smell of tesco pasties, then stand in their face and breathe into their mouth at the same time as winking.

Made me lol

OpenToSuggestions · 15 Feb 2012 at 00:25

[FnG]magnolia;21267702 said:
Goddamit you guys. Every time an interview thread comes up you fill it with BS about not needing a suit. OP, if own a suit then wear it. If you don't, wear the smartest clothes you own. If you do own a suit but choose not to wear it then you are an idiot who is actively trying to lower their chances of getting the job.

I laughed at 'fancy salary job'

He is going for a near minimum wage hourly paid job. Just being able to spell correctly and not looking like a chav puts you above most other applicants*.

*From my experience of working in student jobs (mainly Alton Towers).

arknor · 15 Feb 2012 at 00:26

[FnG]magnolia;21267702 said:
Goddamit you guys. Every time an interview thread comes up you fill it with BS about not needing a suit. OP, if own a suit then wear it. If you don't, wear the smartest clothes you own. If you do own a suit but choose not to wear it then you are an idiot who is actively trying to lower their chances of getting the job.

I laughed at 'fancy salary job'

WEARING A SUIT FOR A SUPERMARKET INTERVIEW IS LIKE WAVING A MIT DEGREE IN THEIR FACE DURING THE WHOLE INTERVIEW AND CHANTING NA NA NA NA NA NA
they will think you consider yourself above the demeaning role you are applying for

mrk · 15 Feb 2012 at 00:27

No they'll just see you've put in some effort to attend a formal interview by.....dressing formal.

OpenToSuggestions · 15 Feb 2012 at 00:28

Have a haircut if you need one badly and make sure you have a shave. Make sure your clothes are clean and not covered in dandruff (I see this on so many people these days - eugh!).
Be on time. Be polite.
Say you want the job to go alongside your studies or looking to get back into work if unemployed.

[FnG]magnolia · 15 Feb 2012 at 00:32

arknor said:
WEARING A SUIT FOR A SUPERMARKET INTERVIEW IS LIKE WAVING A MIT DEGREE IN THEIR FACE DURING THE WHOLE INTERVIEW AND CHANTING NA NA NA NA NA NA
they will think you consider yourself above the demeaning role you are applying for

Are you ... are you joking? I can't tell if I'm being trolled but if I'm not I don't know what to tell you. Wow.

~>Dg<~ · 15 Feb 2012 at 00:37

im gunna say go with waist coat and monacle and make sure you over pronounce things . failing that go nude

Pighardia · 15 Feb 2012 at 00:37

OpenToSuggestions said:
Have a haircut if you need one badly and make sure you have a shave. ........Be on time. Be polite.

This really made me lol ......that it has come to the point where this advice is needed!

IMO a suit isn't necessarily essential, so do not panic if you don't have one/can't acquire one. However, try everything you can to get hold of one, it will greatly increase your chances as others have said. I would not go to an interview without wearing a suit.

Ahleckz · 15 Feb 2012 at 00:39

At my asda interview i was the only one in a suit.

I got the job.

arknor · 15 Feb 2012 at 00:42

[FnG]magnolia;21267755 said:
Are you ... are you joking? I can't tell if I'm being trolled but if I'm not I don't know what to tell you. Wow.

shoes , black trousers and a shirt anything else is over the top

Ahleckz · 15 Feb 2012 at 00:43

arknor said:
shoes , black trousers and a shirt anything else is over the top

You're wrong.

Nitefly · 15 Feb 2012 at 00:48

Not that it really matters but I personally wouldn't wear a suit to tesco unless it was a management possition - shirt, tie and trousers would probably suffice. I'd feel slightly overdressed in a 'white collar' suit.

Freakbro · 15 Feb 2012 at 00:48

[FnG]magnolia;21267702 said:
Goddamit you guys. Every time an interview thread comes up you fill it with BS about not needing a suit.

[FnG]magnolia;21267755 said:
Are you ... are you joking? I can't tell if I'm being trolled but if I'm not I don't know what to tell you. Wow.

Well, since a lot of people are saying they have got these and other types of jobs without wearing a suit, it does seem to indicate that it's not needed. It may be advantageous sure, and why not try to get any advantage, but its not essential

I've worked in accounts/finance for many years and have never owned or worn a suit. Hell, the first main job I landed in my 20's, I still had my long hair and wore a leather jacket *shrug*