The interview process was relatively long, first being asked for a covering letter and an electronic copy of my CV to the store I was applying to - following being successful in that first stage, I was invited to a recruitment evening. The recruitment evening was a lot busier than I had initially anticipated, with nearing 30 others also attending after store opening hours. I personally didn't find it difficult at all, although as someone who is generally speaking quite happy to converse and chat with strangers (and doesn't mind making themselves look a slightly ridiculous at times), that will have likely made a difference as to how I felt the evening went. It was mainly being spoken to by management and other permanent staff (who all introduced themselves in a friendly manner), and then for each of us to introduce ourselves and tell everyone a bit about what we were doing at present. Throughout the couple of hours we were there, we were being watched by staff for confident individuals that were good at talking and happy to chat to strangers (we were paired off quite often to do small tasks). If you made a good impression, you received a call/email to let you know and invite you back for a trial shift on the shop floor (it was an hour long) and then a one to one interview. I actually really enjoyed this experience and was interviewed by the trainee manager who was absolutely lovely! Due to the lack of space in the staff room, we went to the coffee shop next door to the store and I was even bought a drink (which I thought again, was lovely) in all honesty, it actually just felt like a really genuine, nice chat and I got to talk about things that I'm quite passionate about (ethics/fighting animal testing/the high percentage of vegan products/campaigning/charity). I then received a call very quickly (due to circumstances I had mentioned at the time) that they'd like to offer me a place as a temporary sales assistant. All in all, quite enjoyable but I think that might depend on personality traits. If you're slightly shy and don't enjoy approaching people or talking in general, it might not be such a pleasant experience as mine was!

Application online, I enjoyed how personalised and in depth the application was. Was then sent an email saying I was invited to a group interview in the shop. Group interview consisted of being placed into different employee-customer scenarios and acting the part of a sales assistant. Next I was invited to a trial shift and final interview.