Final interview with Lidl need adivce

billyjoe1701

Hi,
All thanks for taking time to look at this and hopefully ye can offer some advice and tips.

I applied for a Deputy Manager Role within Lidl thinking nothing of it I got the assessment centre and had a speed interview. Everyone there had huge retail experience all managers. I have very little retail experience as working in customer service. Got an email inviting me the the final interview and congratulating me. Well Im still in shock.

Do Lidl employ Deputy Managers with little experience and how the hell have I got this far. I am hard working etc and always wanted a career with lidl from store assistant and working my way up.

Any tips for an interview with them and does anyone know how many get to the final interview.

If uncessfull is there a chance of being offered a store assistant role as cant really ask.

Senna

Congratulations on your progress, from what I heard about their recruitment, they prefer people without retail experience. They like staff with customer service experience, so you are used to dealing with the public, but not in a retail environment, they seeming love to take on hotel staff.
They want to teach you their ways and don't want people coming in saying "in my old shop we done this, that etc," as lidl 's way of working is completely different.

DamoNolan

They take people on without retail experience so they can train you the lidl way but be prepared to work long days..most deputy mangers there work 10/12 hour shifts over 5/7 days..if your not a good worker you wont last long and be prepared to work on tills aswell..

billyjoe1701

Thanks to both for feedback. Had my interview in store and was told id hear back within 7 working days. Got another interview with them within 3 hours. Taught this was the last one wonder what the next one will intall this is the 3rd interview