John Lewis & Partners interview questions
Updated 28 May 2026Difficulty
Average
Experience
Very positive
How others got an interview
- 2%In personIn person
- 1%OtherOther
- 1%Campus recruitingCampus recruiting
- 1%RecruiterRecruiter
- 1%Employee referralEmployee referral
- 1%Recruitment agencyRecruitment agency
Interview search
1,091 interviews
John Lewis & Partners interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at John Lewis & Partners as 60% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Software Engineer and Finance Analyst rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Operations Partner and Finance Analyst roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at John Lewis & Partners takes an average of 11 days when considering 5 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Associate Partner Sales had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Customer Assistant roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 21 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at John Lewis & Partners according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
Background check: 20%
Group panel interview: 20%
Phone interview: 13%
Presentation: 13%
Skills test: 13%
Personality test: 7%
One on one interview: 7%
Drug test: 7%
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- Partner(75) ;
- Operations Partner(74) ;
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- Supermarket Assistant(60) ;
- Customer Service Representative(56) ;
- Team Manager(50) .
