Marks and Spencer

Doesn't look too bad! Is there a picture for the uniform for the Store Ops team? Hopefully it will still be polo shirts!

Hey

I applied for a Marks and Spencers position online and answered all the questions, to reflect that I put the the store and the management first.

Yet I was rejected ! Successful candidates, do you have any pointers to share ?

I've just had an interview at M&S and passed the role play (I had the budget office meal one). They said they are going to ring me next week (monday/tuesday) to organise a meeting with the manager. He said not to worry as he'll ask me a few simple questions and I should be able to pass it easily but I'm still a little worried can anybody tell me what happens now?

They'll probably ask why do you want to work at M&S, do you have any experience, what is good customer service, travel arrangement (how far did you have to travel)...

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I see okay. Thank you. I'm a little bit annoyed as to why they are making me come back to do this. Why couldn't they do this after my role play. It's costing me £16 to go there and back and I have very little money.

They just introduced this stupid manager interview worked there in 2010 as xmas temp just did roleplay told there and then got the job and signed contract one of the easiest interview.

What do you mean only applicants applying for permanent positions get the manager interview aswell?

I think if you were going for permanent job which was advertised online you'd have both roleplay and interview, but if you were going from temp to perm you'd get only an interview with the managers seeing as you've done the roleplay within 12 months.
But now they changed it for temps you get both roleplay and interview which to me they should have left it as it was cause usually you were there for 8 weeks then they tell you they aint keeping you on and they never bother calling again if there were any vacancies .
One of the best companies to work for though treat you well, if you are permanent consider yourself lucky, good pay, benefits, nice staff, nice customers (sometimes) nice bonus.

Yeah I've applied for a permanent contract. Will the manager just ask me the bog standard questions.
Why do you want to work here?
What do you think the job entails?
Stuff like that? Or will they put me in a scenario and ask me how I'll respond?

I know I've been reading up on it they seem very nice. And I'm very happy because the shifts are late night shifts which fits nicely with my university studying.

What sort of bonuses do you get?

I was gonna work there again xmas gone by but rejected it as i wanted something permanent instead of temporary but when i had my interview got bloody 20 questions thrown at me. Let me remember?
Why m&s
what do you know about m&s say **** bout plan a
what job will involve
How do you deal with angry customers
When you gave good customer service
What experience have you got that makes you good for the job
some of the questions were similar but phrased differently.
Cant remember as its been a year i would suggest inboxing the others who currently work there but i found it excessively long and felt interrogated but it should be the standard questions, just be confident (even if you arent and smile alot)

You get a bonus in april depending on how well the stores (in uk) done i heard its around £200 maybe more.

Oh okay thanks for the questions.
And sorry to hear you never got the job. Did you get a job somewhere else?

Up to £200 For each person?

Its okay, and lets say i picked the worst place to work (primark been there now for 9 months) its absolutely horrible but i needed experience which was longterm not just 8 weeks, its permanent whereas m&s wouldnt guarantee me a permanent job and i can work only weekends while at uni which i couldn't do at m&s and dont want my grades to be affected as that is more important but im leaving after i finish uni next june or maybe earlier..made me appreciate how awesome m&s were.
Yes each person i think sainsburys and tesco are the same too with bonuses.

I'm on a 12hr contract but this week i've done 39hrs. Foods is the best place to work if you're after a lot of hours.

Next Sunday will be the final Sunday M&S open until 6pm. Although after about 5pm today not one customer came in.

I work 8hrs a week to fit around A Levels and I've been there for 14 months now. This year I got a bonus of £50 - I wish I was getting £200!

Why is food the best place if you want a lot of hours?