I applied through an advertisement placed by a recruiter for a new store opening. The recruiter conducted a quick five minute phone interview before booking me in for a time at H&M's Assessment Centre. At the Assessment Centre, I filled in a form asking for the type of position I was after (full-time, part-time, casual), my availability to start and to attend training in Melbourne, two references and any health conditions that could impact on my ability to work. The interview itself was a group one. After going around the circle and revealing one weird fact about ourself (we didn't need to introduce ourselves), we were given coloured ribbons to tie onto ourselves as identifiers. The first scenario (10 minutes) involved a late delivery of stock. We had to organise clothing onto two racks and a front table while responding to customer queries, "manager" feedback and other situations. The second scenario (10 minutes) was to create a window display right before open, as all the Visual Merchandisers had called in sick. The final scenario (approximately 30-40 minutes) had us brainstorm solutions to various problems that could occur in store, in the absense of management.