Lush Job Update

Sad news! I didn't get the job!
I was up against a lot of people, some who were a lot more theatrical (drama students obviously), so I wasn't that surprised when I didn't get it.

The manager was so lovely about it though, she called to let me know and to give me some feedback. She said that I was great in the interview but on the shop floor I wasn't interacting with customers enough. This kind of surprised me because I spoke to every single customer that came in the store, some more than once, having a laugh with them and what not but apparently I need to be more full on. I know they're really enthusiastic in Lush but I was surprised that they wanted me to be more full on than I was already being as I hadn't had proper training. I mean I did some demos and made some sales within my half hour trial but I guess if I wasn't right for the position I can't really complain

I wouldn't enjoy the job if I had to act any more of a twat jumping and dancing in people's faces who really don't appreciate it, you know what I mean. I would've enjoyed it if I got the job and didn't have to be even more full on. I know that's Lush's thing and I don't really mind it when I'm shopping in there but when I'm being observed by staff going in people's faces who clearly are not enjoying it it's very different.

Not getting this job means I don't get 50% discount :( but it also means I can get more hours at my other job. So no real loss really.

My Lush Trial

My trial shift at Lush was today! I really enjoyed myself and had so much fun.

I got there a little early so I just wandered around the shop until they called me down. They photocopied my passport and explained that I'll be shown how to do demos and stuff by the other girls. So a lovely supervisor showed me where the demo bars and bombs where and send sent me on my way.

I had to blag my way through helping a man with buying a hand cream for his mum, while the supervisor was right next to me:( but I managed to sell him the Charity Pot in the end yay!

I spoke to the customers, helped them with choosing certain products and did a bath bomb demo and before I knew it my half an hour was over! They called me down to the back for a quick interview. The questions were pretty generic, there was only one that was a bit different. For that I was given a book of the new Lush make up and told me to choose a lipstick name that would describe working at Lush. 

They then told me they'd be in touch either way, tomorrow evening so I have to wait until then to find out if I was successful!!

I feel a bit confident but they were trialling like 20 people so there's a large competition. I did everything I could and I was completely myself and that's all I could do so, fingers crossed!

My Lush group interview

So I've just got in from my Lush group interview. I had a look on a few people's blogs to see how they generally go, none of them were exactly the same but I knew what to roughly expect. But I'll tell you how mine went.

I'll start at the beginning. I was out shopping in my local Lush store and saw they had a vacancy posted in the window and behind the till asking for a CV/résumé and cover letter. I chatted to the girl about the position for a bit then went home, spruced up my CV and wrote a cover letter and sent it off.

On the closing date for applications (Monday) I received a call saying I was invited to a group interview on the Thursday. I was told to bring my passport or birth certificate and my favourite thing. "Thing" is a bit of a general word I thought, so it's my chance to pick something fun. The girl who phoned specified it didn't have to be a Lush product, which I wouldn't have picked anyway, don't want to kiss arse too much.

I didn't ask the dress code but I thought, I know group interviews and I know Lush, so I wore a burn orange short sleeved collared blouse with white polka dots, a dark blue jumper over the top and a black skirt and tights. I was a bit dubious about make up but I went with it wore red lipstick anyway💁.

So I went to my interview, 6pm. There were a few of us waiting outside the store and there was already a group of about 10 in there for a previous session. There were about 10 of us (two boys, the rest girls) and we were told that there was another group of the same size after us. We got in, told our name, availability and had a photo taken. There were a lot of drama students I could tell and everyone was quite quirky and out there which I was expecting. 

We had a little talk from the manager, who was lovely, telling us about the company and the position etc then came the bit about us. We were shown a demonstration of a bubble bar then we had a few minutes to pick one of our own and demo it in front of everyone. I hadn't picked one by the time they aller us back so I grabbed one, had a quick look in the magazine and just blagged my way through. I picked one of the macaroon bubble bars. I felt like I spoke for longer than everyone else but I focussed a lot on the ingredients and the way it felt. I did feel a bit nervous as everyone was looking at me but I went with it and thought I did an okay job.

Next we had to stand in a circle and present our "favourite thing". Everyone's was pretty normal, lucky paintbrushes, teddies, photos. Mine was this...

The elfy clogg slippers I bought from Amsterdam. I said they represent the fact I love to travel, and they're cute and fun. I made a joke that I'm not materialistic so these would be what I'd save in a fire. They seemed to like that. It wasn't very deep or personal so I thought that might have not been as good as the rest.

So it was time to leave and they said they'd only ring if we were successful. They'd ring offering a trial shift and a small interview, but I wasn't expecting a call as I thought there were stronger candidates. But as I was writing this, post I got a phone call OFFERING ME A TRIAL ON FRIDAY!

I couldn't believe it they rang me like straight after the final interviews! So I have my 30 minute shop floor trial on Friday and a 15 minute interview, I'll post on Friday how I get on!