I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at John Lewis & Partners (Norwich, England) in Sep 2015
Interview
Fairly lengthy online process, give basic details, past employment, availability etc. Then you have to do a personality test, then a situational judgement test and finally a similar situation test to see which kind of work environment you work best in. I was then invited to book an interview in store. When I arrived they took all of us into the dining room and then called us in to have 1-1 interviews with various managers from around the store, it was a bit distracting as they had about 5/6 interviews going on in the same room with the table spread out around the walls. Fairly simple questions, past experience, what do you think good customer service looks like, give me an example of when you have helped a team succeed etc. Then after we had all done 1-1s, they took us all into the same room and had our names out on tables of 4 and were asked to sit in these groups. Then a manager came over and handed us some cards with different products on them and brief descriptions, gave us a brief description of a situation and then asked us to discuss as a team which product would be best for the customer. After this we were thanked and went home. I got an email with an offer a couple of days later and accepted, started the week after.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at John Lewis & Partners (High Wycombe, England) in Nov 2024
Interview
Scenario based working together as a group to answer the scenario and come up with ideas they mark you on ur creativity and ideas and it lasted roughly forty minuites
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at John Lewis & Partners (London, England) in Oct 2019
Interview
The interview took approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes. it was a group discussion and individual writing test. There were around 20 people. We went into a room and there were 5 tables with each of its assessor. We can sit wherever we like and it was random. We were given 5 different scenario and 5 minutes of individual thinking, then 20 minutes to discuss the scenario.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A woman is looking for a present for her parents, but she doesn't know if she should get joint present or separate present. What should you do?
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at John Lewis & Partners (Nottingham, England) in Oct 2019
Interview
During the interview we were in groups and we had different scenarios which we had to first read and think about individually and then we had some time to talk about it with the group and make notes. We had to discuss how we would deal with each scenario and any other problems that could possibly arise. During this time there was an assessor at the table, making notes on what each individual was saying in the group. When the time was up, the assessor asked us any additional questions that we didn't touch on, and so gave us one last chance to say something. After this we got given another sheet with scenarios but this time it was an individual written assessment where we had to write what we would say, or behave in certain situations. Then we had to fill in a form specifying the hours of work we preferred , if we had any holidays planned etc.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
You have just finished taking a customer's payment, what could you do/say after the payment has been made?