Saw a new store was opening locally so applied online, nothing out of the ordinary just your standard online forms to fill out. After more than a month I received a phone call from someone in the HR department of the regional offices. Had a 20 minute chat with general customer focused questions. Told to check my emails to see if I was successful. Next part of the process court me by surprise, I received a phone call from the area manager asking where I was, strangely he was expecting me for an interview despite no notification from Lidl themselves. Thankfully he agreed to see me the following day at one of his local stores. The interview consisted of 10 - 20 questions focused on customer service and task management. I answered confidently and I left happy with my effort. Later that day he contacted me to say he'd like to see me again, this time at a different store location. I met him at a second store and was given a tour, and asked to complete a couple of small tasks, merchandise a couple of items and then display simple stock taking skills ie counting units. The whole process took 20 minutes at the end of which I was offered a position With Lidl UK.