Waitrose Interview Questions and Helpful Tips

Waitrose is the one of the biggest Supermarket company in the UK. If you are lucky enough to secure an interview them then carry on reading this post.



Company Information

• Waitrose is the supermarket division of the John Lewis Partnership.


• They have approx 230 branches across the company and are still expanding.


• The partnership employs over 37,000 people across their sites.


• The first Waitrose supermarket was opened in 1955 and today there are 280 branches.


• They have a turnover in excess of £6 billion.


• Waitrose has received a Big Tick Award in the Sustainable Supply Chain Category at the Responsible Business Awards 2020.

All their current vacancies can be found on their website where you can also apply. They take great pride in customer service and treating their customers and employees very well and offer great training and development opportunities throughout the partnership.

Once you have completed your application form and got an interview, ensure that you visit the location of the interview and if the role is for one of their stores and you know which maybe visit that store a couple of times at different times of the day to get an impression of what it’s like and almost critic it, this could then be the basis of the questions you ask when you are in your interview.

Remember that Waitrose has many different departments and regardless of whether you are going for a role in their Distribution centre or in one of their offices you should dress very smartly and create a good impression both visibly and through the research you have done into the company and partnership as a whole.

On the day of the interview go through the application form and the answers you gave, read the job description through and mentally have a role play about the answers you may give to many of the standard questions such as: why do you want to work for Waitrose?

Questions

• Tell me about yourself


• What are your weaknessess?


• Why do you want this job?


• What have you done to improve customer service in your store?


• What motivates you?


• How fexible are you around working unsocial hours


• Name a time when team building was essential in something you have done


• What Waitrose brand would you be and why?


• What can you do for us that other candidates can't?


• Give an example of when you had to adapt to change?


• How do you keep up with changing trends in technology?


• If you could have anyone over for dinner, who would it be, and what would you cook them?


• Think about a time when you've had to make an independent decision. What did you do?


• Name a time you worked within a team


• Name a mistake you've made and how did you rectify it?


• Why do you want to work for Waitrose?


• Name a time you suggested change?


• What do you think are the qualities a partner should have?


• Tell me about your experience with customers


• What are your strengths?


• Do you want to work nights?
  
  Good Luck.