Retail Assistant applicants have rated the interview process at B&Q with 2.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 73.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Retail Assistant roles take an average of 7 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at B&Q overall takes an average of 13 days.
Common stages of the interview process at B&Q as a Retail Assistant according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 100%
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It was an easy interview process and the interviewer was lovely. Basic questions asked such as tell me your greatest strength, how do you handle pressure, how do you deal with an angry customer etc
I applied online. I interviewed at B&Q (Reading, England) in May 2021
Interview
The person was very friendly and realized I was very jittery so she started talking about how her nephew goes to a school nearby and I'm the same age to just start some small talk
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at B&Q (Inverness, Scotland) in Mar 2020
Interview
In person, friendly and well structured - after applying I heard back via a phone call a week later. The interview itself lasted no longer than 30 minutes and all questions were asked with a smile on the interviews place, it felt more like a chat then an interview
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Previous experience; tell me about a time you took responsibility in the work place