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General => Random Chat => Topic started by: Edition30 on May 14, 2010, 01:45:29 pm
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I have a job interview for this company: http://www.bathstore.com/
Just wondering what type of research you would do prior to the interview?
I havent recieved a job description so a little uncertain of what to expect from the job. Im guessing its in Sales.
Has anyone used the company and maybe talk me through the process you went through (the customer service you recieved?)
Cheers.
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when renovating our house we installed 3 toilets, 2 baths and 2 showers. bath store was one of the companies we approached, they were only interested in our money and as much of it as possible.
the salesman was an utter lazy tw@t, patronizing and pulling figures out of the air, only my experience, but i would never use them and have put plenty of people off them too
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Daaamn. Im not feeling very positive about the job anyway. I have no experience in dealing with this type of job and got the interview through a friend.
Still best be prepared as it will pay the bills. Got limited time though as I have a wedding all this weekend.
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I have a local Bathstore. Always seems to be empty :signLOL:
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:ashamed:
Time to get on to the RAF.
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this is how i would go about structuring my interview + the way i answer any questions. I dont know you so i dont mean this in a patronising way of you already do/think like this.
i got these quotes from their website:
"Their enthusiasm and professionalism will help you find everything you need to complete your perfect bathroom." Past jobs that you have had to be professional? enthusiasm to make sure the customer gets what they want, if they seem unsure offer alternatives
"Raising the Bar" aiming to approach customer understanding that some might not understand everything that they see, educating them in the benefits of spending more (something alot of places fail on as buy this its more expensive and better isnt a good explanation)
"dedicated, innovative employees to join us." They seem to want people who are going to stay the long term, turn it into a career maybe find out what you can aspire to higher in the company, store/area manager maybe?
"We need more people who relish the challenge of joining a growing business ambitious to become a major employer of the future" Again they want people with drive and they want people who enjoy the challenge
" we have recently opened a purpose-built training centre " this is where id mention the challenge bit i.e you may not know everything about bathrooms but are up for learning
"Up for the challenge?"
Maybe go into a bath store, explain what you want for your fake bath room see how they deal with you, tell them you did this when in the interview (they will be impressed) and that tell them what you liked and maybe some constructive criticism, how you would go about it? show your keen to learn and also give your ideas where you feel improvement can be applied, try and reference this to something you have done in the past in other jobs.
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Great feedback thanks.
The idea was to go to a showroom and price up a 'fake' bathroom but time is limited. I have a wedding tomorrow which will pretty much take up all day and most of Sunday morning so hopefully will get chance in the afternoon or early Monday morning before the interview so its fresh in my mind.
Also just feedback from VC is an eye opener. Wouldnt want a customer to walk away thinking that about me. Not sure if I have to relate to any design ideas for the bathrooms as I dont know whats expected of my position.
The advert for the store was pretty vague.
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Seemed to go pretty well :pomppomp:
Hope to be back in a semi-decent car soon to get to some meets :smiley:
Meh, back to the drawing board...damn lack of experience.
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Steve, what sort of job are you after? as i know you are local to me, ie shipley/bingley area?
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Im looking for basically anything. Applied for factory work, office jobs, sales...just something to get me back to work.
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Well i shall look about and if i see anything then will let you know. I did hear that asda at keighley were recruiting again, but no idea if that suitable for your circumstances etc..
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Cheers!!
Bit far to be travelling everyday for minimum wage, but will look into it...
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Also, an online car dealers were recruiting about a month or so ago, as i was offered an interview, but declined, as i wanted to stay in my field, financial services, seems a waste of all my qualifications.
The company was autoquake.com, basic was £16k plus commissions, based nr crossgates in leeds