I interviewed at Tesco (Welwyn Garden City, England)
Interview
Consisted of - a Presentation, followed by a competency based interview (with a few problem solving questions) and then finally a behavioural interview on Tesco values. Overall was a 2.5 hours assessment day.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why Tesco ?
Time when you had to deal with a difficult stakeholder ?
Time where you made a mistake and how did you rectify this ?
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Tesco in Aug 2025
Interview
Presentation, CV run through and why Tesco. This takes roughly 2.5-3 hours.
Get to meet 6 Hofs/managers from different finance functions
STAR prep + Tesco/industry research
Gives you a flavour of how Tesco operates
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why Tesco?
How many Easter eggs did Tesco sell?
Tell me a time you made a mistake and how did you rectify it?
Competency questions based around their values
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Tesco (Welwyn Garden City, England)
Interview
Two stages - one with hiring manager and one with the department head.
Quite a formal structured interview with mostly competency based questions.
There were a few technical accounting questions and general questions on why Tesco, why this role, why leaving previous role.