Tesco Interview help

-Blanco-

Hi, just got a phonecall there off tesco inviting me for an interview at the end of the week.

My problem is as the store I'm applying isn't open yet, the interview is to be held in the Lansdowne hotel on Baggot street.. I've have looked this up on google and it hardly looks like somewhere were tesco would be holding an interview..! Just wondering if any one has been through this process before and am I right in taking it that the interview is on in the actual hotel as opposed to one of the tesco stores on baggot street?

Also if anyone has any tips for the interview itself! Thanks!

board om

-Blanco- wrote: »

Hi, just got a phonecall there off tesco inviting me for an interview at the end of the week.

My problem is as the store I'm applying isn't open yet, the interview is to be held in the Lansdowne hotel on Baggot street.. I've have looked this up on google and it hardly looks like somewhere were tesco would be holding an interview..! Just wondering if any one has been through this process before and am I right in taking it that the interview is on in the actual hotel as opposed to one of the tesco stores on baggot street?

Also if anyone has any tips for the interview itself! Thanks!

sometimes companies will hire out a room in a hotel if they are conducting a few interviews in a day. they will hire one of the corporate board rooms in the hotel and give candidates differnt time slots. it isnt that unusual. golden pages used to do it years ago in jurys hotel.

make sure this is the case though. becuase if it just you going for a position and you are meeting say a manager, then they might mean for you to meet in the hotel reception. i have had a few interviews like this where it is after office hours or the company are getting work done on their offices so you meet in the reception area. personally i am not a big fan of this because it is difficult to concentrate when waiters keep coming over mid interview asking "are you ok for everything"? and also it is a pain trying to find the peron you are supposed to meet if there is a few people in the waiting area.

basically, ask to be sure where it is going to be.

-Blanco-

Thanks for the reply! I've often seen this kinda thing in coffee shops etc just wasn't sure... I'll give them a ring tomorrow:cool:

jarvis

Tesco are recruiting for Inchicore, Parnell St and Talbot street which are all due to open in a few weeks. Their recruitment centre is based in the Baggot St Upper branch but when they have a number of interviews to complete they often hire a meeting room in a nearby hotel. There willmost likelt be a sign in the lobby directing you. What's the position you're applying for and I may be able to help you prepare.

Jarvis

derry

Basically a hotel interview routine is a transient nature set up that mean minded multi nationals al love to use

If you get the job from the hotel interview it suggests less commitment to a perminant job so its easier to cull the dead wood a few years later when they bring you to a staff reward party at a hotel dish out prizes to the goody two shoes who sell their grandmas for 10 cents and they selectivity fire a few:eek: or sometimes all the staff:eek: at the party as they would rather have the emotional outburst scenes not on the shop premises ;)and you came in with a hotel you go out with a hotel so sleeezy
and so easy peasy for the multi nationals :pac: outfits

tips for getting the job photoo of grandma with 4 sale 10 cents and you dont have to say sqaut that will do nicely

Derry

-Blanco-

jarvis wrote: »

Tesco are recruiting for Inchicore, Parnell St and Talbot street which are all due to open in a few weeks. Their recruitment centre is based in the Baggot St Upper branch but when they have a number of interviews to complete they often hire a meeting room in a nearby hotel. There willmost likelt be a sign in the lobby directing you. What's the position you're applying for and I may be able to help you prepare.

Jarvis

Thanks Jarvis, as far as I can remember I applied for a "sales assistant" position in the new store on Parnell street.

jarvis

Hi Blanco

I just sent you a PM. Let me know how it goes.

Jarvis.

Eoin

derry wrote: »

Basically a hotel interview routine is a transient nature set up that mean minded multi nationals al love to use

If you get the job from the hotel interview it suggests less commitment to a perminant job so its easier to cull the dead wood a few years later when they bring you to a staff reward party at a hotel dish out prizes to the goody two shoes who sell their grandmas for 10 cents and they selectivity fire a few:eek: or sometimes all the staff:eek: at the party as they would rather have the emotional outburst scenes not on the shop premises ;)and you came in with a hotel you go out with a hotel so sleeezy
and so easy peasy for the multi nationals :pac: outfits

tips for getting the job photoo of grandma with 4 sale 10 cents and you dont have to say sqaut that will do nicely

Derry

What the fùck was all that about?

Anyway - it's not unusual at all to have interviews in a hotel. It's more common for office jobs as the office itself may be very open plan with not many meeting rooms, or simply they may not want a load of complete strangers traipsing through their offices during the interviewing period. Some companies have a centralised HR office, so they won't have a dedicated office in another branch.

In this case, seeing as the Tesco branch isn't open yet, then it makes sense.

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derry wrote: »

Basically a hotel interview routine is a transient nature set up that mean minded multi nationals al love to use

If you get the job from the hotel interview it suggests less commitment to a perminant job so its easier to cull the dead wood a few years later when they bring you to a staff reward party at a hotel dish out prizes to the goody two shoes who sell their grandmas for 10 cents and they selectivity fire a few:eek: or sometimes all the staff:eek: at the party as they would rather have the emotional outburst scenes not on the shop premises ;)and you came in with a hotel you go out with a hotel so sleeezy
and so easy peasy for the multi nationals :pac: outfits

tips for getting the job photoo of grandma with 4 sale 10 cents and you dont have to say sqaut that will do nicely

Derry

wow - post of the year

derry

eoin_s wrote: »

What the fùck was all that about?

Anyway - it's not unusual at all to have interviews in a hotel. It's more common for office jobs as the office itself may be very open plan with not many meeting rooms, or simply they may not want a load of complete strangers traipsing through their offices during the interviewing period. Some companies have a centralised HR office, so they won't have a dedicated office in another branch.

In this case, seeing as the Tesco branch isn't open yet, then it makes sense.

Man what planet you live in

I worked for lots of companies in Ireland UK mainland Europe and some in Africa and over the years I seen mergers mergers bankrupts outsourcing in sourcing union busting promoted out HR dirty tricks dept and the band to beat
and the first rule is they muddy the waters and keep everything transient as it makes it easier to get rid of the dead wood in the cull campaign which starts with 18 year old entry staff and keep them hot seating preferably agency staff and then start culling and never let them get secure in employment ....and cul and cull

wake up whats your end of the planet immune from mergers global stock markets sales figures plummeting whatever but the rest of the world outside of government FOR LIFE secure jobs are for us joe soaps with our opinions that come from mouths generally only as big as our last pay checks

besides which hotel rooms are tax Deductible for the big outfits

a few links with extra facts to chew on in cosy noddy land

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_busting

http://www.union-network.org/unisite/Sectors/Commerce/Multinationals/Wal-Mart_union_busting_operator_named_for_threatening_workers.htm


http://www.management-issues.com/2007/1/12/research/bosses-keen-to-cull-low-performing-staff.asp

quote from link above "
Bosses keen to cull low-performing staff
12 Jan 2007 | Filed under: Management Thinking. Productivity.

More than three quarters of British senior executives would like to be able to sack a fixed quota of underperforming workers each year, arguing that an annual clearout would lead to improved profits and better performance. "

derry

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derry wrote: »

Man what planet you live in

I worked for lots of companies in Ireland UK mainland Europe and some in Africa and over the years I seen mergers mergers bankrupts outsourcing in sourcing union busting promoted out HR dirty tricks dept and the band to beat
and the first rule is they muddy the waters and keep everything transient as it makes it easier to get rid of the dead wood in the cull campaign which starts with 18 year old entry staff and keep them hot seating preferably agency staff and then start culling and never let them get secure in employment ....and cul and cull

wake up whats your end of the planet immune from mergers global stock markets sales figures plummeting whatever but the rest of the world outside of government FOR LIFE secure jobs are for us joe soaps with our opinions that come from mouths generally only as big as our last pay checks

besides which hotel rooms are tax Deductible for the big outfits

derry

another infraction. one more off-topic post and its a banning.

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okay derry, banned for a week for editing your post to add more information after the warning. PM for re-access after 7 days is up.

-Blanco-

Have to say I'm not impressed, when I arrived at the hotel I was told the venue had been changed to the tesco across the road. When I went to that tesco I asked a girl at the main desk who had no clue and could barely understand me. She told me to que up and ask someone else. So after queing up I was told that there was no mention of any interviews being changed but my best bet was to go to the Mespil hotel down the road. I have to say the staff on the tills were very helpful and did their best but at this stage I felt like telling tesco to keep their job...

Despite all that I went to the Mespil and sat the interview which was grand, the questions I had been told about came up and I was able to answer thanks to the nice people on boards.ie I should be getting a letter to let me know how I got on next week.

I'm just really P***** off I wasn't informed of the change of venue. It was as if tesco didn't want to give the interview without a fight!! I'm not sure if things like this are the norm these days but stuff like this would really make me think twice working for a company...maybe I'm expecting too much:p

Thanks for the help everyone!! (rant over)