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Asda-Group selection Interview
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anyone ever attended one of these? What happens?
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Its not as bad as it sounds, its a exercise to see how well you comunicate with others, and solving problems.
We played this game where you each get a card with a number on, and you put it on your head and then the group has to arrange itself in correct number order.
YOu have to tell the group about yourself, and you have to tell them two things you would put in a time capsule and why.
We did a egg box building game in small groups of 3 or 4.
Then at the end we filled in a form with which hours we can and cant work, and stated which department we wanted to work in ( they gave us a list of departments wanting to take on staff)
I found it much better than the group interview i had for woolworths a few years ago.
I passed my selection interview and I had a interview with a manger, and i was offered a job, which i took.
I know someone who went after a job there, got throu the selection process, but was declined a job after a interview with a manager.
I should add this is what happened at my selection interview, and its not changed at our store, but other Asda stores my have a process that differs.
People think its easy to get into Asda but it isn't.
They firstly have a point system based on your application form before they even consider a group interview.
If you successfully reach the group selection stage, then your assesed through your interaction with the group and team work activities.
You have a role play activity which basically tests to see if your outgoing and interact with the group. Its essential you work as part of a team.
If all is well they will phone you for an interview
We started off having to do the usual, talk to the person next to you and get as much info about them as possible and then introduce them to the group.
Then we were given a few sheets of paper, a few stickers, a balloon and a bar of chocolate and we had to build something that would support the bar of chocolate. Best thing was we got to eat the bar of chocolate afterwards!
It was all right from what I remember, just look like you are interested and take part and you will do well.
I got invited back for an interview - well, I say interview as soon as I sat down the lady said "you've got a job this is just to sort out your hours".
Steps of standard interview technique
1. show candidate a hoop
2. ask candidate to jump through hoop
3. watch candidate jump through hoop
4. write letter of rejection to candidate
Oh well
Anyone else has to go through this palava. I have applied to ASDA three times and have not so much as heard a peep off them afterwards :rolleyes:
The definitely don't do that at the Asda i worked at. absolutly everyone that wanted a job had to go through the same process. I don't much rate the Asda you are applying to if thats the case.
Oh I think you might find you did ok. They would have noticed that the others didn't give a crap so would most likely have ruled them out straight away. Whereas with you they would have seen you were in a difficult situation and were trying to do your best and include everyone.
I think you probably did better than you think.
Oh I dunno. I work for asda and I'd suggest there is a hint of truth to SparkleBabe's statement. Maybe not as black and white as s/he put it though.
Your so right. At the new store I had to go through all that and still I didn't get a job offer. I met one girl during a job centre course and her aunty was working in the office there. All this girl had to do was go into the store and they told her she starts as soon as the store is open. It's maddening she turned up in trainers and tracksuit bottoms didn't even have an interview and was offered a job just like that.
I just peed myself laughing
There is footage in the trail for the film, walmart: the high cost of living, of like 20,000 people doing it at the walmart (asda's parent company) AGM. Actually quite scary.
http://www.walmartmovie.com/ you don't actually see a crowd shot, but I assure you it was at an AGM and between 17 and 20 thousand people would of been there.
Was the job at asda a role in the christmas play?