I applied online. I interviewed at Debenhams (Carmarthen, Wales)
Interview
Applied online, process took about a week then had an email to book in a telephone interview, woman on the phone was friendly but was asking me so many questions!! It was like a proper interview. She then said she would get back to me, within 2 days she did to tell me I got through to the instore interview.
I went to the store and sat with another girl who was also interviewing their. Then 2 people came over to us in the cafe (a young man and woman) told us we would have to dress the mannequins according to a theme. They gave me surfing brand and told me to dress the mannequins for a day at the races...
I had to get the mannequins down off of high blocks on my own, dress them on my own and then put them back up high. There was 3 mannequins.
After we had done that they came and asked me to explain why I had chosen what I had and then took me through the back for a formal interview, they asked me very in depth questions and kept smerking because they thought I didn't know what the questions meant.
I was not successful and after the interview didn't want to be either.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Debenhams in Aug 2016
Interview
My interviewer made me feel at ease and the interview took a more casual approach. As part of the interview I had to give me visual merchandising opinion on the homewear section of the store, telling the interviewer what was good and what needed to be changed to help with product display.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What experience have you got in visual merchandising?
I applied online. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Debenhams (London, England) in Jan 2015
Interview
Apply online, phone interview, face to face interview
phone interview was about previous experience, and questions about time management, how i've dealt with conflict in a past job etc then in the face to face interview I showed some examples of previous visual work I had done, discussed the idea behind the work etc, spoke about my education and experience that makes me a good fit for the role, spoke about salary and how much i expected to get an hour
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A lot about previous experience, face to face interview was mostly practical- had to create a story and dress some mannequins to fit the theme I had made up.