Boots Opticians Interview Tips

hi i have an interview on friday for apprentice optical consultant, its meant to take 30 minutes long so have you got any tips or can you tell me what to expect please?

no idea, sorry, they haven't gotten back to me.

Ok thanks hun did they not say at the interview?

No, they didn't and I didn't ask silly me!

Hiya guys, I had an interview yesterday at Boots opticians. I asked the question about salary at the very end of my interview, was told 'I am not sure, it's currently under review. I will find out and get back to you'. How can I even begin to think I am going to get an offer when they can't even tell me what salary to expect. Very poor!!

Had an interview in a north London Boots Opticians for the trainee (apprenticeship) optical consultant position about a week ago. The manager who interviewed me was lovely and extremely friendly. She asked me a few questions, to be honest I can't really remember what she asked, but a bit about me and what kind of work I'd been doing etc. A couple of the more situational questions were about giving an example of a time when I've been caring, and about when I've dealt with difficult situations at work etc. Then I was put behind the reception desk for a while to answer the phone and make a couple of calls. After that I did some leafleting on the main shop floor and then I did some organising of glasses/paperwork in a back room. All these tasks were fine as I was told exactly what to do and what to say to customers. Finally the manager and I had our closing chat and I asked about salary. It's done by band. As a trainee position in this particular location it starts at just over £7 per hour. It increases if you complete your training to progress to a higher level. These rates could differ at different stores. Overall, I thought I would be nervous but the manager and staff made it a very pleasant experience.
P.S. It can apparently get very busy in some stores and you will be on your feet most of the day so stamina will be needed for this role!

The trainee position is not an apprenticeship, I thought that too at first but I had emailed them and they told me it's a job, it's just that u get trained for it that's all.

i had an interview for this and it said its going to be a 1 hour competency interview, i went there and i ended up only being there for about half hour, the questions they asked me were;
what do i think good communication is?
what would i do if i had a angry customer?
asked me what i already knew about the apprenticeship, (find this out on the boots website) basically its a year apprenticeship
gave me scenario and asked what i would do, the scenario was - if i was new to the role and a woman came in saying that she wanted to bring her glasses back and everyone was busy what would i do.
asked me to give a time that i have received good customer service and why i thought it was good.
There was another question which i don't remember, but there was only a few and pretty straight forward!
the questions were printed off so i think they might ask these questions in every interview!
GOOD LUCK!

awh yeah and the starting wage is £7.11
and goes up after a year!


ALSO when i went to the interview they said this is boots way of training their people!, you do achieve a NVQ, so basically is an apprenticeship

HOPE THIS HELPS PEOPLE!