One of my friends is trying to apply for a Bunnings job. Someone told him even though it's a hardware store it has a multiple stage recruitment process which makes him nervous.
From my understanding,
There's the phone interview
Group interview
2 on 1 interview
And a coffee with boss ?
What does each stage involve? Can someone who have gone through it shred a little light?
Much appreciated.
I had a fair few friends work there during uni
Pay was terrific (for a uni student)
Double time and a half on public holidays
Working environment was also great.
Strongly recommend it.
Just get past the interviews and you'll be fine.
I thought you had to be retirement age, an ex tradie and super friendly.
Maybe that's just my local store recruitment criteria.
At my local store, you have to be female and between 16~18 or 50~heat death of the universe. After that, it's 16~18yo guys, middle aged women and then finally guys over 60 who spent their life doing anything but hardware related work.
I usually hang around in the section I need (ie: plumbing) until and actual tradie turns up and I ask them. Our Bunnings is hopeless.
I tried to get a job at Bunnings as a casual, but I was told I was "overqualified" for the position. My cousin works there and so to does her 16yo daughter. My mates son also works there, but it's ok, he is 17 (and from a family with no mechanically minded or hardware minded people in it at all.)
I don't know what it is like in COVID times, (mine was "pre-covid") but it was a letter confirming a phone call. After phone call, it was a group interview with about 8~10 people and 2~3 Bunnings employees (managers). People left while waiting for the interview. People left during the interview. One guy was asked to leave during the interview. We were down to 5 people by the end of the interview (from a starting group of 10).
I lost out to the two guys who answered their phones during the interview, the woman who said she only wanted the job to get the discount for her pub she was renovating and the woman who said she only applied because she needed job interviews on her sheet to keep her jobseeker welfare payments coming in. There were 6 positions and 2 groups of 10 interviewed. The remaining 4 from my group all got a position and 2 from the other group.
I have a friend whos dad was a builder and wanted something to do in retirement when a new bunning opened close by, but would need to do Skills Certified to get any sort of trade documents, and he was rejected because he was over qualified. Their hiring practice is ridiculous some times.
Can someone who have gone through it shred a little light?
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You've never shred any light yourself?
Use the Bunnings Store App to find the Lighting Dept or stay in the dark forever.
Picture the heavenly tunes of Alexi Laiho. His shredding always brought light into my life.
I applied once but got rejected :'(
The first part you fill in a multiple choice questionnaire online and at the end they said I wasn't suitable because I didn't work in retail and know how to suck up to customers
"would you like and injection with your sausage?"
Bunning s staff don't actually cook sausages
Damn! There goes my latest career dream…
The group interview is to see how you interact with people, a likely scenario would be to see if you could sell something to a customer, it could be a drill ( you would then ask if they had drill bits safety glasses compatible batteries if it is cordless etc etc!! Abit like maccas do you want fries with that !
If you get past that the second interview is probably no different to any other job interview, if you get past that coffee with the boss is generally a chat to see if the interviewers stuffed up just smile and tell them about your trips to Bunnings and your up selling skills as described as above !!
ps if you get the job don’t expect to much training and the customers will expect you to be an an expert on all 40000 products in the store and to know where everything is located down to the last centimetre!
And excuse me where are the trolleys because I (the customer) am to lazy to go to the front and grab one!!
Do you just want a job for the staff discount?
Worked there for 3 years during uni. Gets pretty old after about a year but very very flexible and decent casual pay. Most people there are either crazy or miserable, but still friendly.
The interview process is pretty dragged out. All the questions are on glassdoor so just memorise your answers. Group interview is stupid, they make you build stuff with playdoh then sell it to each other. The coffee with boss thing is only done if the complex/ops manager wasn't there during the 2 on 1.
They say they don't care about knowledge or experience because they can teach you that stuff. Then proceed to never teach you anything lol.
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they don't care about knowledge or experience because they can teach you that stuff.
The 'teach' you experience ????
Anyone Worked or Working in Bunnings?
Lots of people…
Worked there for over 5 years.
Phone interview-Suss you out, see how you respond over the phone as there is a lot of that required at Bunnings
Group stages- smaller groups, create models/products and you need to sell to the group.
2 on 1 interview- Usually if you get to this point you have the job assuming you don't say or do things that are bad for business. They usually ask, what are your plans, favorite department, what can you bring to the company. Usual jazz
No coffee with boss lol.
To be honest, one of the best jobs I've ever had. Excellent flexibility and benefits for employees. Shares every year if you snag a contract. Wide amount of workable hours. Alot of potential to develop a career for suitable people into management.
Any idea what coffee with the boss means?
They want you in their department lol
Just to make sure you are serious about working in Bunnings
https://www.glassdoor.com.au/Overview/Working-at-Bunnings-Wa…