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Shift and frontline worker screen

A quick first-round screen for shift-based and frontline roles in retail, hospitality, warehousing and care. It covers reliability, safety, service to customers and teammates, and staying calm when busy, and asks only which shifts a candidate can work. Follow-ups push for a real example and what the candidate did themselves.

Suits: Retail assistant, Warehouse operative, Customer service assistant, Hospitality team member, Care assistant

Questions
6 of 17
Length
24 min
Format
Voice or typed
Levels
Junior to Mid
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Example
  1. Interviewer: Tell me about a time you changed someone's mind at work. How did you go about it?

  2. Candidate: Our team wanted to rebuild the billing page from scratch, and I thought it was the wrong call, so we put together a plan to…

  3. Follow-up

    Interviewer: You said "we". What did you say yourself, and what finally changed their mind?

  4. Scored on

    • Reliability and safety30%
    • Service to customers and team25%
    • Calm under pressure25%
    • Practical fit20%

    Score, reasons and recording. Your team decides.

An example exchange. This interview's own questions open when you use it.

What it listens for, and how much each part counts.

Every answer is scored against this guide, with the reasoning written beside the score. You get the recording or the written answers too, and your team makes the call.

  • Reliability and safety30%
    Turns up as agreed, owns mistakes and puts safety first.
  • Service to customers and team25%
    Treats customers and colleagues well and helps without being asked.
  • Calm under pressure25%
    Keeps work moving and stays polite when it is busy or goes wrong.
  • Practical fit20%
    Can cover the shifts needed and follows processes and handovers carefully.
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