Following an online application, I had to complete an online assessment and was then invited to a group assessment/interview. This started with a group session where all applicants (six if I remember correctly) had to sit around a table as if you were about to have a work meeting. We were given supposed mystery shopper feedback to read – each applicant a different aspect (stock control, customer service, etc) – after which each had to take terms telling what, in their bit of info, they thought to be the most important that needed addressing and then as a group you had to discuss what improvements needed to be made. The next phase was filling out forms with practical information like shift availability, sizes (for uniform) and then each applicant was asked in for an individual interview – this was supposed to be 5 minutes per person but turned out 10 minutes per person or more, so resulted in considerable waiting time & for the entire process to take longer than announced in the confirmation prior to interview. It was explained that there were several more of these group assessment sessions, from which they'd select a number of people for second interview, and if after that they'd have too many candidates left they'd add another round of interviews. So they were seeing about 50-60 people to fill three part-time vacancies. They didn't make clear what exactly they would be looking for, not even when I specifically asked in my 1-to-1. "We don't know it till we see it, really.." 3-4 weeks after this session and interview I received a rejection by email.