Interview at Greggs on Saturday...

Ha-Har!
Seriously though, Don't eat all the pies, I worked as a chef last summer and put on so much weight! ha.

Thanks. I suppose it's mostly common sense...
The confidence is probably the most difficult bit. I'll just pretend I know what I'm doing and hope it looks genuine. Nah, I'm sure I'll be fine as long as I'm friendly and whatnot...
The item(s) thing I can do though, hehe... their baked bean and cheese melts are to die for.

Hehe that was my first reaction... mmm their sausage rolls...
I'm gonna get so fat if I get the job and there's a discount. Might be worth it though.

Baked bean & cheese melts - I'm totally with you there
It it mostly common sense, you're right.
Good Luck with your interview!

- an average 10% quotient of mad people coming into the shop

I worked at Greggs. I'm a classic ectomorph, who spends most of his time eating and yet still can't hit ten stone. EVEN I got fat. You get a half-price discount. (but you might be put off when you learn just how unhealthy the food is!!)

In terms of the work it was a right bugger at the time, making sandwiches for two hours straight at lightning speed is a bit like a Chinese sweatshop, but there is a perverse sense of achievement. You need to be able to deal with:
- copious amount of burns
- wearing a ridiculous costume that makes you look like a 1300's farmhand
- endless chatter about Peter Andre, babies, Eastenders, babies, Oceana, and babies
- an average 10% quotient of mad people coming into the shop

I've worked there as both a normal team member and as management. The interview will be based around the company's 'core values' - look these up on their website, memorise them and then when they ask you questions in the interview, try to relate your answers to the core values. The interview will be split into different sections of questions, one section for each value. Other things to consider are;

- Wear smart- casual clothes
- Have clean hair and fingernails

(They'll be noting how good your personal hygeine seems to be - not surprising, given that it's a food environment.)

- Try not to be too nervous, because they genuinely want you to do well, and will do their best to put you at ease. You can ask them to rephrase the question if you don't quite understand the first time.

- Bear in mind that it is a food environment, so some of the questions will be relevant to this. So you might want to research some things about food hygeine, for example

- Being outgoing is a Good Thing

Thanks! All that information is very useful... and the only part that worries me is the part about being outgoing. I'm a natural introvert, but hopefully I can pretend otherwise haha! Just kidding, I'm sure even I can manage to look lively for a few hours...

Does liven things up though you must admit! What kind of eccentrics did you get in?

Well, tbh I'm a natural introvert too, and I still got the job You don't have to crack jokes or talk a mile a minute or anything, all I meant really is that being friendly and warm is a good idea. I really made an effort in my interview not to just reply to questions with one or two word answers, for example.

If there's one thing you do to prepare, it must be to go onto their website, read about their core values and memorise them. Nearly every question you'll get asked will be about one or another of them, so it's to your advantage to be able to work the relationship between them and personal experiences of yours, into your replies.

we get a guy who wears a kilt and buys 4 packs of derby scones every sat this week he told he his ex wife wont let him near his grandchildren haha hes a complete fruit loop.

Yeah... I'm sometimes REALLY shy so I'll definitely avoid that, but other than that it sounds like I'll be fine. This all seems far less scary than it was this afternoon when I got the phone call, haha.

And thanks for the heads up. I'll do that for definite.

we get a guy who wears a kilt and buys 4 packs of derby scones every sat this week he told he his ex wife wont let him near his grandchildren haha hes a complete fruit loop.

He sounds brilliant...

I had a woman come in once who insisted on whispering in my ear that her nickname for sausage rolls was 'penis rolls'...

That's OK. Make sure to let us know how you did!

I had a woman come in once who insisted on whispering in my ear that her nickname for sausage rolls was 'penis rolls'...

Lol funny as, especially when me 17 and a work mate whos 19 are left in charge of the shop have a right laugh, alabelle if you get good colleagues .you'll be fine.

I work at Greggs and its amazing!

I normally work 10 hours over saturday and sunday. But I am sometimes asked to stay a couple of hours till close if its been really busy.

I prefer working till close as i get to take home lots of stuff and its alot quieter than day time