Wilkinsons Interview

Wilkinsons is a retail store selling a selection of different things such as toiletries, hardware, paints, stationery and some food stuffs. It mainly employs people to work on the tills although there are administration, management and other jobs as well. This means that it is very important to have retail experience or skills that will help in this sort of job.

It will be necessary to explain why you want to work for the company and what skills you have that will make you suitable for the job. Therefore it is worth knowing something about them. You may shop in the store and therefore could use that as a reason for wanting to work there, perhaps you like the products they sell or the service that they give.

It is necessary to show that you are good with people. You will need to demonstrate that you have good people skills. Perhaps that you have previous retail experience or that you have had a job where you have been working with customers before. Explain how you think that this will help you with working at Wilkinson’s.

There are management roles and if you are interested in doing one of these, then you need to think about how you will demonstrate that you have the skills for this. It might be that you have previous work experience or that you have worked in a role where you have had some management experience before.

For all roles in the job you should make sure that you know a lot about the company. You should find out a bit about them and the branch that you applying to work at. Find out when it opened and things like that. This will help you to show that you have a genuine interest in the company.
Wilkinsons will be looking or a certain type of person for their role. They will be considering whether you fit in with the job that they are filling. Think about the other employees that work for the company and whether they are like you. Consider whether they is something that they have in common that you can demonstrate at your interview.

Here are possible interview questions:

• Why do you want to work for Wilkinsons?

Why should we hire you?