Customer Assistant applicants have rated the interview process at Lidl with 2.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 69% positive. To compare, the company-average is 60.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Customer Assistant roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 221 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Lidl overall takes an average of 21 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Lidl as a Customer Assistant according to 221 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 31%
Phone interview: 15%
Presentation: 12%
Skills test: 12%
Group panel interview: 9%
Background check: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Personality test: 5%
Drug test: 3%
Other: 3%
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The Interview was simple and basic, They want to know your personality and how well you work with a team. your flexibility and if your can carry out various tasks.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What will your colleagues at your previous work place say about you.
Very straightforward process.
One person interviewed me and asked a few questions.
Did not last more than an hour, if that.
I had one interview and then an offer was made.
Phone interview and then in person interview. Pretty quick and easy and doesn’t take long to hear back. Questions are pretty standard like ‘why Lidl?’ and ‘what’s your favourite item we sell’. Also a few scenario based questions.
I applied online. I interviewed at Lidl (Cardiff, Wales) in Jan 2026
Interview
Really nice manager and chill atmosphere. Didn't ask me any scenario based questions or any that I had to provide a "star" like paragraph; more focused on how prepared/ committed/ able you are to do a lot of work.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why Lidl?
What hours can you do?
Where can you see yourself working in the shop?