Ikea Assessment - What's Involved?

Kintarō Hattori

Hi Folks,

The GF has been called for an assessment with Ikea. Can anyone give me an idea what's involved with this? It's not a straight forward interview situation as far as I'm aware and she'll be assessed on how she interacts with other people.

What kind of tasks do they set? What's involved.

Appreciate any kind of advice you can give.

Many thanks.

artful_codger

hi, i was recently talking to someone who was called for an IKEA assesment and that person had to construct one of IKEA's flat pack products, so i'd advise she does some research on what they sell and is familiar with allen keys.

swapple

yeah, i got mine this wednesday, i only applied for a checkout position though! :eek:
i looked up the ikea website and it doesnt give that much info...

cormie

artful_codger wrote: »

hi, i was recently talking to someone who was called for an IKEA assesment and that person had to construct one of IKEA's flat pack products, so i'd advise she does some research on what they sell and is familiar with allen keys.

That's a bit odd? What position were they going for?

nevey

If I was going for a job in IKEA, one thing I would do is go north and familiarise myself with the IKEA store there (the one-way layout is really confusing for a first timer) as all IKEA shops are the same. Talk to the friendly staff and try asking them about the assessment. You could also freshen up on measuring dimensions, working in mms, cms, metres, calculating areas, converting square feet to square metres etc etc. I also think that being familiar with how flat-packs work would be useful.
Best of luck to your GF. I might see her when the store opens in July, I've been waiting years for a local Ikea.

artful_codger

cormie wrote: »

That's a bit odd? What position were they going for?

working in the food hall. they were given a dvd storage rack to assemble.

experiMental

Just out of curiosity, are there any part time vacancies in Ikea at the moment?

lusciouslucy

Hello Ikea assements:As I have one tomorrow I know they get a group of potential employees into a room 20/30 separate into groups of 5/6 and either ask them to make something out of the materials they give them or throw a ball at each person and ask them to talk about themselves:).. best of luck
They only taking on Part time & yes there are vacencies but date for accepting CV's is up.
L

Kintarō Hattori

So she's printed off the Ikea wikipedia page, looked up YouTube, studied the Ikea catelogue but......................... ahem, the guy who rang her for the assessment never mentioned where it was being held.

Does anyone know where the assessments tomorrow are being held?

swapple

btw there's no dress code, just in case you were wondering.
i asked

lusciouslucy

lusciouslucy wrote: »

Hello Ikea assements:As I have one tomorrow I know they get a group of potential employees into a room 20/30 separate into groups of 5/6 and either ask them to make something out of the materials they give them or throw a ball at each person and ask them to talk about themselves:).. best of luck
They only taking on Part time & yes there are vacencies but date for accepting CV's is up.
L

by the way i didnt look up an encyclopedia!!! I heard from the horses mouth!!!and I enjoyed my assessment today in the Ikea Store in Ballymun and it was exactly what I said it was !!!:mad: and I knew where it was!!!:cool:

lusciouslucy

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

So she's printed off the Ikea wikipedia page, looked up YouTube, studied the Ikea catelogue but......................... ahem, the guy who rang her for the assessment never mentioned where it was being held.

Does anyone know where the assessments tomorrow are being held?

the Assessments are being held in the new IKEA Store in Ballymun the new store behind the Musgraves on the back roads!!in Poppintree,need any more info just ask..:rolleyes: its tricky to find the door to go in but its on the right to the carpark down under the staircase to the right..:D it took us ages today to find out how to get in .....:)

swapple

cool you enjoyed it?
so i shouldn't be nervous
what position are you going for?

lusciouslucy

Yeah I really enjoyed it!! Hope I get an interview now..it was fun,no need to be nervous!!:rolleyes:there very frendly ..:D...........I've applied for cashier/checkout...good luck:pac:

KiityKarma

Hey!

I have my assessment tomorrow for Ikea Customer Service Co-Worker. Anybody else?

techyness

Hey, I have mine next week - any feedback would be greatly appreciated! Best of luck!

KiityKarma

Thanks a mil Techyness, wil let you know!

alias09

hi how was ur interview with ikea today.

pauliebhoy

I had mine today at 12:00, went pretty well i thought, apart from our windmill falling over!

alias09

hi there,

Yes i was supposed to go today but i hurt my back in work last week and have been out. What was involved. what did u have to do and did they tell u the pay. when do u know if u got the job. sorry for all the questions?

KiityKarma

I had my assessment this morning. Had to do a couple of group activities and a solo one, was pretty relaxed. They said they will contact people for interviews in 5-10 days.

swapple

i agree, i thought it was very relaxed, actually enjoyable!
we had to 'sell' a product, build a folly :P and answer a few easy written exercises, pretty simple, nothing to stress about

alias09

ok thanks for the replies. its seems a bit silly for a job that is really just a warehouse that sells cheap furniture. Plus the money is not that good but they do look after there staff.

thanks again

lusciouslucy

Hi Hi ...As i passed my assessment last Tuesday.;)...I have been called for an Interview this Monday...:D:D:).....Should be fun...:rolleyes:

Kintarō Hattori

The other half enjoyed her assessment. She said that the Ikea folk put everyone at ease. They had to speak about themselves, construct a tall structure from basic materials and asnwer some questions.

She went for her interview today and wasn't in such a good mood afterwards. It seems the interviewers did nothing to create relaxed atmosphere, she felt quite nervous. They asked her various questions relating to retail, 'What do you do if a customers credit card is declined?', 'What's the role of a manager?'.

lusciouslucy

Hello I thought my interview went very well today!! I really enjoyed it too:rolleyes: the staff were very friendly:) and the atmosphere was fine......the interview went pretty quick, and we had a good laugh..there was 2 IKEA staff and myself!!:P..Mayb it was just her nerves!!:rolleyes:...

sixxxshot

Went today, not too bad. Lasts about 2 hours. Myself and the other fellas there were a bit bewildered by the "activities" though especially since the job we are going for is to unload lorries and move pallets from A to B. You build an object out of stuff they give you as a team and then present it to the rest of the people there. They also give you a item and you have to stand up with your team and try to market it to everyone else. While you are doing the team work IKEA staff hover around taking notes. You also have to answer 3 questions they give you on paper ("you are in this situation, what do you do.....")
Guess its purpose is to thin down the numbers for interview and to check if you can communicate with other people normally or whatever.......
Chap from IKEA said interviews would be a week or too later.

swapple

aw i had my assessment at the same time as some of you guys and i still havent gotten called for an interview so i'm guessing i didn't get it.
oh well! good luck to the rest of yous!

Coddlemonster

did the assessment this morning 8am :pac: YAWN! for logistics dept... went very well thanks to all your great pointers!

cheers:)

Kintarō Hattori

swapple wrote: »

aw i had my assessment at the same time as some of you guys and i still havent gotten called for an interview so i'm guessing i didn't get it.
oh well! good luck to the rest of yous!

Sorry to hear that swapple.

After the assessment the GF was called the next day to arrange her interview. She had that on Monday. I know if they don't hire you they send you a letter and if they do hire you it's via phone. Does anyone know how long it takes them to phone you?

I feel really sorry for the GF, she's applied for numerous jobs, gone for interviews, spoken to more agencies than I can recall. Her confidence is low at this stage and she is finding it very difficult to remain positive. She really really needs this to boost her spirits.

she1984

Hi Folks!I got my interview with Ikea last Tuesday and still waiting for an answer...no letter,no calls....What about you?Anybody got any respond?THX.....

Coddlemonster

she1984 wrote: »

Hi Folks!I got my interview with Ikea last Tuesday and still waiting for an answer...no letter,no calls....What about you?Anybody got any respond?THX.....

i wouldn't worry about it, I was at an interview yesterday and i know they're still doing them today... I'd say you will hear from them early next week.

did they ask you for holiday details and shift preferences... stuff we already gave them on application! To me thats a bit disorganised...

she1984

did they ask you for holiday details and shift preferences... stuff we already gave them on application! To me thats a bit disorganised... [/quote]


HI!So best of luck for you...well,they asked me if i had my holidays booked for the next 3 months, I said yes....but I could change that if needed...And I had to choose the shift preferences as well...I think they want to find very very flexible people......

rialta

Hey all. I had my interview last week but still no news back and they said 5-7 days? Has anyone been offered a job yet? I hate being in limbo not knowing

gavo782002

she1984 wrote: »

Hi Folks!I got my interview with Ikea last Tuesday and still waiting for an answer...no letter,no calls....What about you?Anybody got any respond?THX.....

Had my Monday today wednesday still waiting on a phone call would love know if I got or not

rialta

Hey, what was ur interview for check-out or part-time co-worker?? So annoying waiting to know grrrrrr

she1984

When did you have your interview?

rialta

Had one last monday week and friday! Did u have one? Has anyone heard back about offer of a job at all! Maybe there reviewing all applications 1st but they still said I'd hear back within 5-7days!

she1984

Dear Rialta,I had my interview 2 weeks ago..and nothing..silence..I was looking for people who got job offer but no respond...so I dont know... another week of waiting?:mad:

rialta

Phew that makes me feel a bit better! That others havent heard back either. Say they are looking at all files before contatcing people. So fingers crossed. Good luck and let me know if u hear anything!

Kintarō Hattori

The GF got a call from someone in Ikea yesterday and she got the job, so they've started to give people a call. Fingers crossed peoples!

It's brilliant news for us both and she's over the moon.

No1XtinaFan

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

The GF got a call from someone in Ikea yesterday and she got the job, so they've started to give people a call. Fingers crossed peoples!

It's brilliant news for us both and she's over the moon.

That's great, congratulations
How long was she waiting to hear?
When I had my assesment they rang me the next day for interview, interview was last Thursday and have heard nothing since

Kintarō Hattori

Don't fret too much. After her interview they said they'd ring within two weeks but they actually rang her three weeks later.

Rafloution

just an update on this...a relative of mine heard back they had their interview 11 days ago. They got the job! The woman on the phone said she was the first person she heard excited about getting the job.

Blanchy

had my interview 3 weeks ago and just got a letter 2day sayyin i didnt get the job

Coddlemonster

cant remember when i had my interview - must be 3 or 4 weeks ago anyway got a phone call today and they offered me a job....

keiran88

ok i had an assessment yesterdaymorning at 8...feel it went ok...wasnt too closed up...was out going enough, got talkin to my team in everyuthin and had to try and sell a TOILET BRUSH!:eek: they said they would get back to everyone within 5-10 working days. now the ting is i wanna ask.....do they get back to everyone?even people that dont get chosen for an interview? and has anybody ever been called the next day? any help would be splendid!:D

swapple

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

The GF got a call from someone in Ikea yesterday and she got the job, so they've started to give people a call. Fingers crossed peoples!

It's brilliant news for us both and she's over the moon.

Hey Kintarō Hattori, that's great news! i know how harsh all the rejections can be on ones confidence so congrats to your gf

keiran88, i had my interview in april and i got my official rejection letter a few weeks ago :eek: i had kinda guessed by that stage :rolleyes:

redzerdrog

done my assessment this morning at 8, think it went well so fingers crossed!

anyone on this thread currently working there, what you think of the place do you like it there?

redzerdrog

wow got a phone call about an hour ago to say i got through and have an interview tomorrow at 1.

anyone got any tips?

Lady

Figured I would add this on to the existing thread, hope that's ok. I appllied for a co worker position in IKEA about 2 weeks ago and got a call the other day to go to an assesment day tomorrow.

Just wondering if anyone else is in the same boat? Read through the thread and it all seems pretty straight forward, just wondering is Sales co-worker checkouts or on the main shop floor? Also if anyone has anymore info on the assesment day that would be great. Oh and is it very formal attire or more casual? Thanks