Department Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Primark with 3.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Department Manager roles take an average of 41 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Primark overall takes an average of 19 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Primark as a Department Manager according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 60%
One on one interview: 40%
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Disgusting internal recruitment practices within Primark. They bang on about progression of internal candidates but as always it is if your face fits. What is the point of applying when who they want has already been chosen. What a waste of my time! And they do not even have the courtesy to get back to you - it seems that waiting 5-6 weeks after applying is the norm for them to contact you but during this time they are interviewing others. Happened when I first applied to the company a few years ago, I had to chase the recruitment team about my application after four weeks of hearing nothing; even though I knew I had the relevant experience.
Not a proactive company and has made me realise it is time to move on. Primark recruitment team are a big let down.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Primark (Dublino, Dublino)
Interview
the interview began with a presentation on a relevant topic that was assigned to me prior to attending the interview. This was presented to a panel in their head office. Once completed, the competency based interview began
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Primark (Londra, Inghilterra) in Mar 2018
Interview
I applied online on Jan 31st and two months later I received an email saying that I was invited for an interview. The interview was done in Tottenham Court road branch even though the position I applied for was in Essex. We were asked to wait in the cafe until a member came to meet us. After a while a group of Primark managers came and escorted us upstairs into a room.
We sat around a table and had to introduce ourselves and do a number of group activities including opening our own "primark store" and thinking about what departments will be included, target market and etc. The managers that escorted us upstairs were also in the room making notes on us and the hiring manager.
Later we were asked to all step outside for our individual interviews.
I personally didn't like the group activities and would have personally preferred a standard 1:1 interview.