Got an Interview at Lidl

[Denver]

I'm currently really disliking my job right now so been looking at options and been given a interview at Lidl.

Has anyone had a interview or worked with them to give me a few tips on the interview ?

[Niamh.]

Best of luck Adam, never had an interview with them but I heard they pay a decent amount

[Vanessa]

Good luck.
I love Lidl, I always do my shopping there.

[Toy Soldier]

I'm currently really disliking my job right now so been looking at options and been given a interview at Lidl.

Has anyone had a interview or worked with them to give me a few tips on the interview ?

Demonstrate your ability to throw products at great speed at the interviewer; faster than the eye can see!

In all seriousness though if you think you can progress well then I wish you well, Lidl, Aldi, etc. pay very decent managers salaries. Much better than stupid Bookies. I considered going for an Aldi management role when I was in retail management but honestly Supermarket work seems like a bit of a slog, and my job was (to be blunt) an absolute cakewalk in comparison. 90% of it was sitting on my phone drinking too much coffee.

But yeah if you actually want to make a career in retail and think you've got the chops to climb, you could do worse, their store management grade salaries are good and their regional manager etc. salaries are even better.

[Denver]

Best of luck Adam, never had an interview with them but I heard they pay a decent amount

It's £10.71 and if you work late nights it's an extra £2 which is a lot more then the £9.28 I'm on right now

[The Slim Reaper]

Good luck, don't really know much about Lidl tbh, but the advice I can give you is when they ask you if you have any questions, ask them whether they have any doubts about your ability to do the job, and this is for 2 reasons. The first being that if they do, then you can discuss the issues and gives you another chance, and if they don't, then they are reinforcing to themselves that you'd be a capable appointment.

Also the questions are likely to be along the lines of tell me a situation where you worked as a team/under pressure/had to go the extra mile etc, so I'd have a load of those answers prepared in advance. Look at the desirable checklist and workout examples for when you attained all of those expectations.

[Toy Soldier]

Good luck, don't really know much about Lidl tbh, but the advice I can give you is when they ask you if you have any questions, ask them whether they have any doubts about your ability to do the job, and this is for 2 reasons. The first being that if they do, then you can discuss the issues and gives you another chance, and if they don't, then they are reinforcing to themselves that you'd be a capable appointment.

I must be too suspicious because I'd be like "No... why... do you? :suspect: " :joker:.

Full disclosure though: We hired some terrible staff during my management days. I mean some real shockers.

[arista]

Yes Dress Smart

Some Lidl Staff Stack Shelves
then rush over to an empty till

I hope you get the Job
Good Luck Adam.

[The Slim Reaper]

I must be too suspicious because I'd be like "No... why... do you? :suspect: " :joker:.

Full disclosure though: We hired some terrible staff during my management days. I mean some real shockers.

Even then you can turn that around by just saying, no, I'm really keen on the position and I'd like to know if there is anything more I can do to convince you.

I worked in recruitment for years, and still sort of do, so prepping noobs for interviews was the difference between nice commission and not :laugh:

[Niamh.]

Even then you can turn that around by just saying, no, I'm really keen on the position and I'd like to know if there is anything more I can do to convince you.

I worked in recruitment for years, and still sort of do, so prepping noobs for interviews was the difference between nice commission and not :laugh:

Ohhh Adam, take this man's advice then :laugh:

[Ammi]

…great advice from Slim and good luck, Adam…I wish you well and you’ll be a great asset to any team…:love:…

[Captain.Remy]

Even then you can turn that around by just saying, no, I'm really keen on the position and I'd like to know if there is anything more I can do to convince you.

I worked in recruitment for years, and still sort of do, so prepping noobs for interviews was the difference between nice commission and not :laugh:

And that's what seals the deal to hire that person or not for me. I've (almost) never regretted any choice I made when the candidate showed a lot of interest to the position.

[Captain.Remy]

And Denver, good luck mate!
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[Amy Jade]

My friend worked there and quit because he was treated really badly, he was getting called to help on tills constantly so his aisle would be a mess and he got pulled up for 'going to help too much'. So he did as told and didn't help until called by name and he got pulled up for not helping on the tills.

His written warning he had to sign was a joke, I read it and it literally said along the lines of he had been verbally warned for leaving his assigned aisle to attend checkouts and his second warning was for not attending call outs until directed by a supervisor

[Denver]

My friend worked there and quit because he was treated really badly, he was getting called to help on tills constantly so his aisle would be a mess and he got pulled up for 'going to help too much'. So he did as told and didn't help until called by name and he got pulled up for not helping on the tills.

His written warning he had to sign was a joke, I read it and it literally said along the lines of he had been verbally warned for leaving his assigned aisle to attend checkouts and his second warning was for not attending call outs until directed by a supervisor

That sounds similar to the horror story of Aldi I head like they are apparently really bad with the staff

[Cherie]

That sounds similar to the horror story of Aldi I head like they are apparently really bad with the staff

that would be down to an individual manager though, not a company policy I would have thought

Good Luck!

[Crimson Dynamo]

learn about the Lidl app as it will come up

(its great btw)

[Toy Soldier]

That sounds similar to the horror story of Aldi I head like they are apparently really bad with the staff


I mean… it’s retail. Entry level retail is pretty much universally awful. If you think you can impress and get management training then it’s fine, if you’re only in it (like many younger people) for the short term then it’s also fine, but you definitely don’t want to get stuck on the bottom rung of retail for more than a couple of years.

Honestly I’ve been quite vocal here plenty that I wasn’t happy in retail management either, it was not the work environment for me at all, BUT at least in management you have a voice and can stand up for yourself to an extent, entry level is so cucky and frustrating BLEH. I didn’t like it in my early 20’s - I flat out couldn’t do it now. I’d snap back and get fired :joker:.

[Denver]

I passed my Phone Interview and have been offered a face to face interview on Tuesday

[Captain.Remy]

Congrats Denver! :clap1::clap1:

[Ammi]

…:love:…absolutely you passed, my love…

[hijaxers]

I passed my Phone Interview and have been offered a face to face interview on Tuesday

Well done Adam and the very best of luck for Tuesday.

[Niamh.]

I passed my Phone Interview and have been offered a face to face interview on Tuesday

Good for you, best of luck for Tuesday :love:

[Joker.]

Well done! Good luck on Tuesday!

[rusticgal]

Well done Denver...we will all be thinking of you on Tuesday.

[ThomasC]

Good luck, don't really know much about Lidl tbh, but the advice I can give you is when they ask you if you have any questions, ask them whether they have any doubts about your ability to do the job, and this is for 2 reasons. The first being that if they do, then you can discuss the issues and gives you another chance, and if they don't, then they are reinforcing to themselves that you'd be a capable appointment.

Also the questions are likely to be along the lines of tell me a situation where you worked as a team/under pressure/had to go the extra mile etc, so I'd have a load of those answers prepared in advance. Look at the desirable checklist and workout examples for when you attained all of those expectations.

I personally wouldn't ask this question. You don't have doubts about your own ability so don't give them thought to any. It's working in Lidl, not for Microsoft. Supervision and Appraisal is for those issues of doubt and confidence and will enable you and your employer to put things in place to work on them and progress/develop. I'm a supervisor myself.

Expect it to be hard graft. They pay well, but expect a lot from their workers. As I'd expect any company tbf. I've also heard the interview process is intense.

Personally, I would get no job satisfaction from working in Lidl, but if you think you will enjoy it, which you obviously will or just to pay the bills, then go for it.

Dress smart. Don't underestimate this. Don't wear clothes that are too tight or don't fit, nice shoes etc.

Show curiosity and use some reverse psychology. Turn it on them and ask them what makes them love their job.

Be different.

And remember, they're interviewing you, but you're also interviewing them. It works both ways to see if the job will be compatible for you both.

Good luck

[ThomasC]

By the way, I love your pic of Denver.

Can't wait for the next season of Money Heist. It is so awesome.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Make sure to ask how long the lunch hour is

[rusticgal]

Make sure to ask how long the lunch hour is


....and any early traps :laugh:

[ThomasC]

I keep going in Lidl. There's a fit guy who works there. Hahaha.

Not the only reason, I like their humous and yoghurt

[Toy Soldier]

I personally wouldn't ask this question. You don't have doubts about your own ability so don't give them thought to any. It's working in Lidl, not for Microsoft. Supervision and Appraisal is for those issues of doubt and confidence and will enable you and your employer to put things in place to work on them and progress/develop. I'm a supervisor myself.

That was sort of my thinking too, I wouldn’t want to introduce doubt for entry level retail… interviewing for a management role internally or for a role that would prioritise previous experience then yea I can see how the psychology works but surely for entry level you want to seem totally confident. Slim may know better stats-wise having worked in recruitment. I’m just coming from the perspective of having been involved in hiring decisions, and as I said above to be fair, I was involved in hiring some truly incompetent staff :joker:.

Personally, I would get no job satisfaction from working in Lidl, but if you think you will enjoy it, which you obviously will or just to pay the bills, then go for it.

To be fair I certainly got zero job satisfaction in entry-level retail and tbh very little in retail management, but I progressed quickly-ish (1.5 years serf, 4 years duty manager, 4 years manager before I escaped). Even at management level, it was OK, but not exactly challenging and I hated the industry I was in so there was that.

Anyway I guess my point is - even though I was mainly there climbing that grubby ladder to pay the bills and buy the kids new shoes - I wouldn’t have blagged the job I have now without that confidence, experience and evidence of managing responsibility. I’m now faaar away from dirty retail and love my job. Ethical company, massively flexible, huge scope for progression internally, massive springboard if I do decide to move on etc.

I guess a long winded way of saying, you don’t have to have immediate job satisfaction if you have a trajectory that might lead there… it’s all good experience and you never know what will come up.

To be fair I was in longer than I planned - I said “no more than 5 years” to myself when I started but then was being eyeballed for manager by that time, so I said “ok no more than 10 years :bawling: “.

Got out at 9.5 years. Skin of my teeth :laugh: