I applied in-person. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at SPAR (Buckley, Wales) in Feb 2011
Interview
I filled in an application form and gave it in to the store and received a phone call off the manager to come in for an interview, i answered the questions and then took a quiz, then after a couple of days i got a call back offering me the job.
The interview is pretty straight forward. Tell them about yourself and know how to do basical maths and greet customers warmly. The training too is also very easy. You need only a week to get a handle on how to operate the till.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Location. They want to know how accessible you are should they be short staffed.