Part-time Sales Advisor applicants have rated the interview process at Marks & Spencer with 2.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 73.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Part-time Sales Advisor roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Marks & Spencer overall takes an average of 12 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Marks & Spencer as a Part-time Sales Advisor according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 33%
One on one interview: 33%
Background check: 33%
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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Marks & Spencer (London, England) in Apr 2024
Interview
30 min focusing on customer service, values and what would you like to change in the store, team work related questions, why do you want to work for us, what do you know about us
Applied online, they called me shortly after, scheduled in for an informal chat. Enrolled on essential training and started working a few weeks after that. It all happened smoothly and efficiently.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
About my general experience in retail and customer service.
I applied online. The process took 4 days. I interviewed at Marks & Spencer (Dublin, Dublin) in Nov 2024
Interview
I applied online and I got a call a day after to invite me for an interview the next morning. It was a group interview with very few questions and was very simple. We were asked to fill out a form about our availability, including any holidays planned (I requested 3 days off) and to tick whether you can work certain dates that you must be available for, I was available for all of them.
The next morning I received a call saying I was offered a job. I asked to confirm whether I would receive the days off that I requested on the application form at the interview, they told me they would call me back, I never received a call back. So the next day I called and emailed to explain that I never got called back. I then received a call from a different recruiter that I was not given the job because I wasn't available my requested days.
I have experience in the retail industry and I understand that you need to be available for black out days but I found the process very unprofessional, considering I was fully available everyday and time of the week and also for the non negotiable days they stated on the application form. I clearly stated the requested days I was not available before getting an offer and if I had not tried to confirm them on the call I would have gone in to work with this not cleared. Also the fact that I had to chase them for not calling me back after the offer call was ridiculous, I may not have heard anything back after getting an offer if I had not chased them.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Introduce yourself,
Key achievements,
What magic can you bring to the Christmas retail team,
Come up with a customer/employee scenario in groups,
If you had a superpower what would you choose
If you could eat dinner with anyone living or dead who would you choose