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Waitrose will filter 2,500 graduate job applicants

Not a good applicant Think you can pull the wool over the foodie eyes of Waitrose? No chance: the food retailer, is using a new online recruitment tool that will ensure the highest calibre candidates progress through to its graduate selection centres. 2,500 applied this year, and expect even more next year – so the new tool will filter applicants to only take those that have the potential to be future store managers. Graduate DILEMMAS is an online test that assesses your judgment and decision-making skills in relation to common work situations. For Waitrose, current store managers with detailed knowledge were asked to complete Graduate DILEMMAS and indicate how effective candidates should respond. Based on their responses a  bespoke scoring key was developed for the company.


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