Argos Training Day

Lemlin

I've applied for a job with Argos. Have already passed the interview but now they want me to go to some recruitment/selection day on Saturday for 3 hours.

They reckon there'll be group activities and selection processes. Anyone have any ideas what might come up? Or better still, anyone ever been to one of these days for Argos?

Wouldn't mind being a bit prepared for what lays ahead!

DonkeyStyle \o/

Hmm, if you're worried about it, I'd say keep these phrases in mind... 'team player', 'communication skills' and 'customer focused'.
I've taken part in a post-interview "group activity" with the others that got through, at the time it seemed like just a bit of fun, but by the end it seemed to have been a test with a right answer... and that right answer was pretty much just to make a point about service yadda yadda... nobody got fired/dropped/cut over it, but it probably wasn't on the cards at that stage anyway.
If you think it'll come down to a selection process and you're being watched and evaluated, then keep the three buzz-words above in mind... put yourself in their position, what do they want to see / what don't they want to see.
Don't be nervous about it, nobody is going to be perfect... just use some common sense, stay relaxed and diplomatic.

That's my 2c anyway, I've no idea what Argos have planned tbh.

Eoin

Now, this is pure supposition but if I were running the thing in Argos I would imagine that I would like to see how the potential employees would deal with problem customers, how they interact within groups (this can be ANY type of group exercise) etc. Maybe someone in the retails side of things will correct me, but I would be prepared for some scenarios to be acted out, and that kind of stuff

DonkeyStyle \o/

Heh, the one I did was pretty abstract, so be prepared for something daft.
Although role-playing sounds likely aswell.

Lemlin

I don't like the thought of role-playing at all. There'll be other people there that I know so don't like the idea of looking like a spanner!

Suppose it'll have 2b done if it gets me a job though.

Eoin

Lemlin wrote:

I don't like the thought of role-playing at all. There'll be other people there that I know so don't like the idea of looking like a spanner!

Suppose it'll have 2b done if it gets me a job though.

I know how you feel - you can only hope that you won't have someone like David Brent from "The Office" training you.

DonkeyStyle \o/

eoin_s wrote:

I know how you feel - you can only hope that you won't have someone like David Brent from "The Office" training you.

<Training guy> "Weh, don't care... don't care!"
<Brent> "I THINK THERE'S BEEN A RAPE UP THERE..."
<Brent turns to audience> "...always get their attention."
*Audience looks blankly*