Tesco Interview Preparation Guides

Data Analytics Interview Preparation {guide}

The interview process is split into 3 separate rounds, focusing on technical, analytics, or leadership. Each round is 1 hour. The goal is to understand your previous work experience, working style, and how it translates to the role at Tesco.

You might be asked to:

• Discuss your accomplishments in previous roles.
• Explain why you want to work in the Data team and at Tesco.
• Describe how you stay updated with industry knowledge and best practices.

You may want to consider:

• Your interest in the role.
• Relevant technical projects or certifications.
• Your preferred work environment, including collaboration examples.

Your Interview with Tesco

Technical (1 hour)

This session focuses on JavaScript, HTML, and CSS/web technologies experience. Questions may include:

• The purpose and necessity of dataLayer.
• Manipulating Arrays and Objects in JavaScript.
• The use of cookies and alternative methods for storing user browser information.
• Improving website security with Analytics and Tag Management solutions.
• Identifying what to track on a web page.
• QA of tracking, especially third-party marketing tracking.

Analytics (1 hour)

This interview assesses your analytics experience, problem-solving skills, and stakeholder management. Questions may include:

• Basics of tracking with Google Analytics.
• How Google Tag Manager works and its importance.
• Improving website security with Analytics and Tag Management solutions.
• Identifying key metrics for tracking.
• The impact of Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager on Web Performance and Web Security.
• Data design and requirements for web and mobile app tracking.
• Web aspects like cookies, debugging, and analytics investment.
• Determining the type, data, and timing of analytics beacons.

Leadership (1 hour)

This part is competency-based. Prepare specific examples using the STAR technique (Situation, Task, Action, Result). Familiarize yourself with Tesco's 4 Win Together Behaviours:

• Believe in each other: Building trust and enabling collaboration.
• Live 20/80: Prioritizing key activities for maximum impact.
• Be brave: Doing the right thing and fostering safe spaces for learning.
• Stay curious: Seeking new ideas and listening to all voices.

Demonstrate self-awareness, honesty, and authenticity. Show your personality and engage with the assessor.

Other things to consider:

• Motivations: Why this role? Where do you see it leading?
• Innovation: How do you stay current with industry advancements?
• Collaboration: How do you manage relationships with difficult stakeholders?
• Empathy: Examples of displaying empathy in the workplace.

Tesco Data Science Recruitment {Process}

This guide provides an overview of the Tesco Data Science interview process to help you prepare for success.

Interview Loop

The process involves several 1-hour interviews, typically with two interviewers per session, spread over 2-3 days.

Take-home/homework challenge interview (1 hour)

Discuss your take-home challenge, including your rationale, methodology, and potential challenges. Be prepared for follow-up technical questions.

Technical interview (1 hour)

Focuses on technical skills relevant to the role. Review job descriptions and relevant concepts like model algorithms and Machine Learning methodology. Case studies may be used.

Stakeholder and leadership interview (1 hour)

Competency-based, requiring specific examples using the STAR technique. Familiarize yourself with Tesco's 4 Win Together Behaviours.

• Believe in each other: Building trust and enabling collaboration.
• Live 20/80: Prioritizing key activities for maximum impact.
• Be brave: Doing the right thing and fostering safe spaces for learning.
• Stay curious: Seeking new ideas and listening to all voices.

Show self-awareness, honesty, and authenticity. Engage with the assessor.

Other things to consider:

• Motivations: Why this role? Where do you see it leading?
• Innovation: How do you stay current with industry advancements?
• Collaboration: How do you manage relationships with difficult stakeholders?
• Empathy: Examples of displaying empathy in the workplace.

System Design interview (senior and manager roles only) (1 hour)

Focuses on technical skills relevant to the role. Review job descriptions and relevant concepts. Consider problems the Tesco Data Science team might solve, such as product recommendations or stock forecasting.

Data Science Engineer {SDE II, SDE III & Principal}

The interview process includes System Design (1 hour), Coding (1 hour 30 minutes), and Leadership (1 hour).

Your Interview with Tesco

Interviews are conducted via Microsoft Teams, with one interviewer per session. You might meet an additional team member if they are in training. Recommendations include checking Teams access and ensuring a quiet environment.

Interview Breakdown

Coding (1 hour)

This interview assesses your ability to produce and articulate ideas and solutions using code. You will tackle a Python task on CodeShare.io, following a Test-Driven Development (TDD) method. Communicate your thought process and decisions.

System Design (1 hour)

This is a problem-solving interview. You will build an overview of a possible ML solution using draw.io. Be prepared to discuss your solution, its security, reliability, scalability, and rationale. Ask questions before starting.

Leadership (1 hour)

This is competency-based, requiring specific examples using the STAR technique. Familiarize yourself with Tesco's 4 Win Together Behaviours:

• Believe in each other: Building trust and enabling collaboration.
• Live 20/80: Prioritizing key activities for maximum impact.
• Be brave: Doing the right thing and fostering safe spaces for learning.
• Stay curious: Seeking new ideas and listening to all voices.

Demonstrate self-awareness, honesty, and authenticity. Engage with the assessor.

Other things to consider:

• Motivations: Why this role? Where do you see it leading?
• Innovation: How do you stay current with industry advancements?
• Collaboration: How do you manage relationships with difficult stakeholders?
• Empathy: Examples of displaying empathy in the workplace.

Design Lead Interview Preparation {guide}

The interview process consists of two rounds over two days: Technical skills and case study review (1.5 hours), and Task and leadership behaviours (1.5 hours).

Interview 1: Technical skills and case study review

Focuses on your experience and how it translates to the role. You'll discuss your skills and present case studies.

• Discuss your accomplishments in previous roles.
• Share your interest in the UX Design and Research team at Tesco.
• Explain how you stay updated with industry knowledge.

Interview 2: Task and leadership behaviours

Requires completing a presentation task at home. You'll present your work and discuss your strategy and rationale. Leadership behaviours, collaboration, and team inspiration will be assessed using the STAR technique. Familiarize yourself with Tesco's 4 Win Together Behaviours:

• Believe in each other: Building trust and enabling collaboration.
• Live 20/80: Prioritizing key activities for maximum impact.
• Be brave: Doing the right thing and fostering safe spaces for learning.
• Stay curious: Seeking new ideas and listening to all voices.

Show self-awareness, honesty, and authenticity. Engage with the assessor.

Other things to consider:

• Motivations: Why this role? Where do you see it leading?
• Innovation: How do you stay current with industry advancements?
• Collaboration: How do you manage relationships with difficult stakeholders?
• Empathy: Examples of displaying empathy in the workplace.

We want to learn more about your soft skills and why you want to work at Tesco

Consider your design approach, leadership style, methodologies, user-centricity, goals, success measurement, and cross-functional collaboration.

Leadership Behaviours

Tesco aspires to specific leadership behaviours in the UX Design and Research team:

• Collaboration: Working together across the business.
• Empathy: Building strong relationships.
• Responsiveness: Agility in thinking and decision-making.
• Resilience: Managing personal energy.
• Innovation: Leading business advancements.

Your Interview with Tesco

Interviews are held on Microsoft Teams with 2-3 interviewers. Recommendations include checking Teams access and ensuring a quiet environment.

Head of Software Development {HoSD}

The interview process involves 4 separate rounds over 4 days, covering System Design, SDLC, Leadership, and Engineering Management. System Design is 90 minutes, while the others are 1 hour.

Interview Rounds

Interview 1: System Design

You'll be given a problem statement and asked to build a solution overview using Draw.io or a similar tool. Discuss your solution, its areas, and rationale. Ask questions before starting.

Interview 2: SDLC

This interview covers three areas: questions you'd ask on day one, code quality and testing, and team management. Consider end-to-end delivery, ownership, team processes, and products.

Interview 3: Leadership

This is competency-based, requiring specific examples using the STAR technique. Familiarize yourself with Tesco's 4 Win Together Behaviours:

• Believe in each other: Building trust and enabling collaboration.
• Live 20/80: Prioritizing key activities for maximum impact.
• Be brave: Doing the right thing and fostering safe spaces for learning.
• Stay curious: Seeking new ideas and listening to all voices.

Show self-awareness, honesty, and authenticity. Engage with the assessor.

Other things to consider:

• Motivations: Why this role? Where do you see it leading?
• Innovation: How do you stay current with industry advancements?
• Collaboration: How do you manage relationships with difficult stakeholders?
• Empathy: Examples of displaying empathy in the workplace.

Interview 4: Engineering Management

A behavioral interview focusing on strategic skills for an HoSD role, including managing teams, stakeholders, processes, delivery, roadmaps, budgets, and talent plans.

We want to learn more about your soft skills and why you want to work at Tesco

Consider points like product roadmaps, stakeholder interaction, team management, and fostering inclusivity.

Leadership Behaviours

Tesco's Software Engineering teams aspire to these behaviours:

• Collaboration: Working together across the business.
• Empathy: Building strong relationships.
• Responsiveness: Agility in thinking and decision-making.
• Resilience: Managing personal energy.
• Innovation: Leading business advancements.

Your Interview with Tesco

Interviews are conducted via Microsoft Teams with a member of the Engineering Directorate. Recommendations include checking Teams access and ensuring a quiet environment.

Lead Product {Manager}

The interview process involves 3 rounds, each focusing on methodology, leadership, and vision & strategy, with 1 hour dedicated to each.

Interview Areas

Methodology, design and delivery

Discuss agile vs. waterfall, Scrum/Kanban, and their impact on stakeholders and teams. Cover user-centric design, collaboration with UX/Engineering, user feedback, research, and discovery. Discuss value release, prioritization, stakeholder management, and data-driven approaches.

Leadership

This is competency-based, requiring specific examples using the STAR technique. Familiarize yourself with Tesco's 4 Win Together Behaviours:

• Believe in each other: Building trust and enabling collaboration.
• Live 20/80: Prioritizing key activities for maximum impact.
• Be brave: Doing the right thing and fostering safe spaces for learning.
• Stay curious: Seeking new ideas and listening to all voices.

Show self-awareness, honesty, and authenticity. Engage with the assessor.

Other things to consider:

• Motivations: Why this role? Where do you see it leading?
• Innovation: How do you stay current with industry advancements?
• Collaboration: How do you manage relationships with difficult stakeholders?
• Empathy: Examples of displaying empathy in the workplace.

Vision & Strategy

Demonstrate understanding of stakeholder management, customer focus, data-driven approaches, research, and business case development. Discuss OKRs, discovery, communication, and industry knowledge.

Your Interview with Tesco

Interviews are held on Microsoft Teams with one interviewer per session. Recommendations include checking Teams access and ensuring a quiet environment.

Principal of Software Development {PSDE}

The interview process consists of 3 rounds over 3 days: System Design (90 minutes), Coding (90 minutes), and Leadership (1 hour).

Interview Rounds

Interview 1: System Design

You'll be given a problem statement and asked to build a solution overview using Draw.io or a similar tool. Discuss your solution, its areas, and rationale. Ask questions before starting.

Interview 2: Coding

This interview assesses your ability to produce and articulate ideas and solutions using code. Focus on production-ready code with quality test cases. Use any development approach (TDD/BDD/DDD). Communicate your ideas and decisions.

Interview 3: Leadership

This is competency-based, requiring specific examples using the STAR technique. Familiarize yourself with Tesco's 4 Win Together Behaviours:

• Believe in each other: Building trust and enabling collaboration.
• Live 20/80: Prioritizing key activities for maximum impact.
• Be brave: Doing the right thing and fostering safe spaces for learning.
• Stay curious: Seeking new ideas and listening to all voices.

Show self-awareness, honesty, and authenticity. Engage with the assessor.

Other things to consider:

• Motivations: Why this role? Where do you see it leading?
• Innovation: How do you stay current with industry advancements?
• Collaboration: How do you manage relationships with difficult stakeholders?
• Empathy: Examples of displaying empathy in the workplace.

We want to learn more about your soft skills and why you want to work at Tesco

Consider points like product roadmaps, stakeholder interaction, team management, and fostering inclusivity.

Leadership Behaviours

Tesco's Software Engineering teams aspire to these behaviours:

• Collaboration: Working together across the business.
• Empathy: Building strong relationships.
• Responsiveness: Agility in thinking and decision-making.
• Resilience: Managing personal energy.
• Innovation: Leading business advancements.

Your Interview with Tesco

Interviews are held on Microsoft Teams with a member of the Engineering Directorate. Recommendations include checking Teams access and ensuring a quiet environment.

Product {Manager}

The interview process involves 3 rounds, each focusing on methodology, leadership, and vision & strategy, with 1 hour dedicated to each.

Interview Areas

Methodology, design and delivery

Discuss agile vs. waterfall, Scrum/Kanban, and their impact on stakeholders and teams. Cover user-centric design, collaboration with UX/Engineering, user feedback, research, and discovery. Discuss value release, prioritization, stakeholder management, and data-driven approaches.

Leadership

This is competency-based, requiring specific examples using the STAR technique. Familiarize yourself with Tesco's 4 Win Together Behaviours:

• Believe in each other: Building trust and enabling collaboration.
• Live 20/80: Prioritizing key activities for maximum impact.
• Be brave: Doing the right thing and fostering safe spaces for learning.
• Stay curious: Seeking new ideas and listening to all voices.

Show self-awareness, honesty, and authenticity. Engage with the assessor.

Other things to consider:

• Motivations: Why this role? Where do you see it leading?
• Innovation: How do you stay current with industry advancements?
• Collaboration: How do you manage relationships with difficult stakeholders?
• Empathy: Examples of displaying empathy in the workplace.

Vision & Strategy

Demonstrate understanding of stakeholder management, customer focus, data-driven approaches, research, and business case development. Discuss OKRs, discovery, communication, and industry knowledge.

Your Interview with Tesco

Interviews are held on Microsoft Teams with one interviewer per session. Recommendations include checking Teams access and ensuring a quiet environment.

Senior Product {Manager}

The interview process involves 3 rounds, each focusing on methodology, leadership, and vision & strategy, with 1 hour dedicated to each.

Interview Areas

Methodology, design and delivery

Discuss agile vs. waterfall, Scrum/Kanban, and their impact on stakeholders and teams. Cover user-centric design, collaboration with UX/Engineering, user feedback, research, and discovery. Discuss value release, prioritization, stakeholder management, and data-driven approaches.

Leadership

This is competency-based, requiring specific examples using the STAR technique. Familiarize yourself with Tesco's 4 Win Together Behaviours:

• Believe in each other: Building trust and enabling collaboration.
• Live 20/80: Prioritizing key activities for maximum impact.
• Be brave: Doing the right thing and fostering safe spaces for learning.
• Stay curious: Seeking new ideas and listening to all voices.

Show self-awareness, honesty, and authenticity. Engage with the assessor.

Other things to consider:

• Motivations: Why this role? Where do you see it leading?
• Innovation: How do you stay current with industry advancements?
• Collaboration: How do you manage relationships with difficult stakeholders?
• Empathy: Examples of displaying empathy in the workplace.

Vision & Strategy

Demonstrate understanding of stakeholder management, customer focus, data-driven approaches, research, and business case development. Discuss OKRs, discovery, communication, and industry knowledge.

Your Interview with Tesco

Interviews are held on Microsoft Teams with one interviewer per session. Recommendations include checking Teams access and ensuring a quiet environment.

Service {Design}

The interview process consists of 2 rounds over 2 days: Technical skills and portfolio review (1 hour), and Service design task and leadership behaviours (1.5 hours).

Interview Rounds

Interview 1: technical skills and portfolio review

Focuses on your experience and how it translates to the role. You'll discuss your skills and share a portfolio example.

• Discuss your accomplishments in previous roles.
• Share your interest in the design team at Tesco.
• Explain how you stay updated with industry knowledge.

Interview 2: service design task and leadership behaviours

Requires completing a service design task at home (approx. 90 minutes). You'll present your work and discuss your process, methodologies, and rationale. Leadership behaviours, collaboration, and team inspiration will be assessed using the STAR technique. Familiarize yourself with Tesco's 4 Win Together Behaviours:

• Believe in each other: Building trust and enabling collaboration.
• Live 20/80: Prioritizing key activities for maximum impact.
• Be brave: Doing the right thing and fostering safe spaces for learning.
• Stay curious: Seeking new ideas and listening to all voices.

Show self-awareness, honesty, and authenticity. Engage with the assessor.

Other things to consider:

• Motivations: Why this role? Where do you see it leading?
• Innovation: How do you stay current with industry advancements?
• Collaboration: How do you manage relationships with difficult stakeholders?
• Empathy: Examples of displaying empathy in the workplace.

We want to learn more about your soft skills and why you want to work at Tesco

Consider your approach to service design, methodologies, user-centricity, goals, success measurement, and cross-functional collaboration.

Leadership Behaviours

Tesco's UX Design and Research team aspires to these behaviours:

• Collaboration: Working together across the business.
• Empathy: Building strong relationships.
• Responsiveness: Agility in thinking and decision-making.
• Resilience: Managing personal energy.
• Innovation: Leading business advancements.

Your Interview with Tesco

Interviews are held on Microsoft Teams with one interviewer per session. Recommendations include checking Teams access and ensuring a quiet environment.

Software Development {Engineer} – Backend

The interview process involves 3 rounds over 3 days: System Design, Coding, and Leadership. Coding and Leadership are 1 hour each, while System Design is 90 minutes.

Interview Rounds

Interview 1: System Design

You'll be given a problem statement and asked to build a solution overview using Draw.io or a similar tool. Discuss your solution, its areas, and rationale. Ask questions before starting.

Interview 2: Coding

This interview assesses your ability to produce and articulate ideas and solutions using code. Focus on production-ready code with quality test cases. Use any development approach (TDD/BDD/DDD). Communicate your ideas and decisions.

Interview 3: Leadership

This is competency-based, requiring specific examples using the STAR technique. Familiarize yourself with Tesco's 4 Win Together Behaviours:

• Believe in each other: Building trust and enabling collaboration.
• Live 20/80: Prioritizing key activities for maximum impact.
• Be brave: Doing the right thing and fostering safe spaces for learning.
• Stay curious: Seeking new ideas and listening to all voices.

Show self-awareness, honesty, and authenticity. Engage with the assessor.

We want to learn more about your soft skills and why you want to work at Tesco

Consider points like who Tesco is, cross-functional collaboration, and code hygiene and testing.

Leadership Behaviours

Tesco's Software Engineering teams aspire to these behaviours:

• Collaboration: Working together across the business.
• Empathy: Building strong relationships.
• Responsiveness: Agility in thinking and decision-making.
• Resilience: Managing personal energy.
• Innovation: Leading business advancements.

Your Interview with Tesco

Interviews are held on Microsoft Teams with 2-3 interviewers. Recommendations include checking Teams access and ensuring a quiet environment.

Software Development {Engineer} – Frontend

The interview process involves 3 rounds over 3 days: System Design, Coding, and Leadership. Coding and Leadership are 1 hour each, while System Design is 90 minutes.

Interview Rounds

Interview 1: System Design

You'll be given a problem statement and asked to build a solution overview using Draw.io or a similar tool. Discuss your solution, its areas, and rationale. Ask questions before starting.

Interview 2: Coding

This interview assesses your ability to resolve problems using code. You'll complete a coding task on Codeshare.io using any development approach (TDD/BDD/DDD). Communicate your ideas and decisions.

Interview 3: Leadership

This is competency-based, requiring specific examples using the STAR technique. Familiarize yourself with Tesco's 4 Win Together Behaviours:

• Believe in each other: Building trust and enabling collaboration.
• Live 20/80: Prioritizing key activities for maximum impact.
• Be brave: Doing the right thing and fostering safe spaces for learning.
• Stay curious: Seeking new ideas and listening to all voices.

Show self-awareness, honesty, and authenticity. Engage with the assessor.

We want to learn more about your soft skills and why you want to work at Tesco

Consider points like who Tesco is, cross-functional collaboration, and code hygiene and testing.

Leadership Behaviours

Tesco's Software Engineering teams aspire to these behaviours:

• Collaboration: Working together across the business.
• Empathy: Building strong relationships.
• Responsiveness: Agility in thinking and decision-making.
• Resilience: Managing personal energy.
• Innovation: Leading business advancements.

Your Interview with Tesco

Interviews are held on Microsoft Teams with 2-3 interviewers. Recommendations include checking Teams access and ensuring a quiet environment.

Software Development {Manager}

The interview process involves 3 rounds over 3 days: System Design, SDLC, and Leadership. SDLC and Leadership are 1 hour each, while System Design is 90 minutes.

Interview Rounds

Interview 1: System Design

You'll be given a problem statement and asked to build a solution overview using Draw.io or a similar tool. Discuss your solution, its areas, and rationale. Ask questions before starting.

Interview 2: SDLC

This interview covers three areas: questions you'd ask on day one, code quality and testing, and team management. Consider end-to-end delivery, ownership, team processes, and products.

Interview 3: Leadership

This is competency-based, requiring specific examples using the STAR technique. Familiarize yourself with Tesco's 4 Win Together Behaviours:

• Believe in each other: Building trust and enabling collaboration.
• Live 20/80: Prioritizing key activities for maximum impact.
• Be brave: Doing the right thing and fostering safe spaces for learning.
• Stay curious: Seeking new ideas and listening to all voices.

Show self-awareness, honesty, and authenticity. Engage with the assessor.

We want to learn more about your soft skills and why you want to work at Tesco

Consider points like who Tesco is, cross-functional collaboration, managing engineers, and stakeholder interaction.

Leadership Behaviours

Tesco's Software Engineering teams aspire to these behaviours:

• Collaboration: Working together across the business.
• Empathy: Building strong relationships.
• Responsiveness: Agility in thinking and decision-making.
• Resilience: Managing personal energy.
• Innovation: Leading business advancements.

Your Interview with Tesco

Interviews are held on Microsoft Teams with a member of the Engineering Directorate. Recommendations include checking Teams access and ensuring a quiet environment.

Programme Interview Preparation {guide}

The interview process involves 3 rounds: technical, case study, or leadership. Leadership and technical rounds are 1 hour, while the case study round is up to 90 minutes. The aim is to understand your experience and working style.

Interview Areas

Technical

Focuses on your knowledge of Programme Management skills, including:

• Programme Management: managing product delivery, budgeting, and value/cost.
• Domain Expertise: technology understanding and best practices.
• Tech concepts: CICD, Dev Ops, etc.
• Programme Management: influencing, collaboration, and handling difficult scenarios.
• Behaviour and collaboration: working with others and accountability.
• People Management: for specific roles.

Case study

You will be given a hypothetical Tesco Programme to study, followed by recommendations and a Q&A session. This assesses how you apply your knowledge to a situation.

Leadership

This is competency-based, requiring specific examples using the STAR technique. Familiarize yourself with Tesco's 4 Win Together Behaviours:

• Believe in each other: Building trust and enabling collaboration.
• Live 20/80: Prioritizing key activities for maximum impact.
• Be brave: Doing the right thing and fostering safe spaces for learning.
• Stay curious: Seeking new ideas and listening to all voices.

Show self-awareness, honesty, and authenticity. Engage with the assessor.

Other things to consider:

• Motivations: Why this role? Where do you see it leading?
• Innovation: How do you stay current with industry advancements?
• Collaboration: How do you manage relationships with difficult stakeholders?
• Empathy: Examples of displaying empathy in the workplace.

The interview process is also your opportunity to ask questions to understand the role and business better.

UI {Design}

The interview process consists of 2 rounds over 2 days: Technical skills and case study review (1 hour), and Design task and leadership behaviours (1.5 hours).

Interview Rounds

Interview 1: technical skills and case study review

Focuses on your experience and how it translates to the role. You'll discuss your skills and present one or two case studies.

• Discuss your accomplishments in previous roles.
• Share your interest in the User Experience Design and Research team at Tesco.
• Explain how you stay updated with industry knowledge.

Interview 2: design task and leadership behaviours

Requires completing a design task at home (approx. 90 minutes). You'll present your work and discuss your process, design thinking, and rationale. Leadership behaviours, collaboration, and team inspiration will be assessed using the STAR technique. Familiarize yourself with Tesco's 4 Win Together Behaviours:

• Believe in each other: Building trust and enabling collaboration.
• Live 20/80: Prioritizing key activities for maximum impact.
• Be brave: Doing the right thing and fostering safe spaces for learning.
• Stay curious: Seeking new ideas and listening to all voices.

Show self-awareness, honesty, and authenticity. Engage with the assessor.

Other things to consider:

• Motivations: Why this role? Where do you see it leading?
• Innovation: How do you stay current with industry advancements?
• Collaboration: How do you manage relationships with difficult stakeholders?
• Empathy: Examples of displaying empathy in the workplace.

We want to learn more about your soft skills and why you want to work at Tesco

Consider your design approach, methodologies, user-centricity, goals, success measurement, and cross-functional collaboration.

Leadership Behaviours

Tesco's UX Design and Research team aspires to these behaviours:

• Collaboration: Working together across the business.
• Empathy: Building strong relationships.
• Responsiveness: Agility in thinking and decision-making.
• Resilience: Managing personal energy.
• Innovation: Leading business advancements.

Your Interview with Tesco

Interviews are held on Microsoft Teams with one interviewer per session. Recommendations include checking Teams access and ensuring a quiet environment.

UX {Design}

The interview process consists of 2 rounds over 2 days: Technical skills and case study review (1 hour), and Design task and leadership behaviours (1.5 hours).

Interview Rounds

Interview 1: technical skills and case study review

Focuses on your experience and how it translates to the role. You'll discuss your skills and present one or two case studies.

• Discuss your accomplishments in previous roles.
• Share your interest in the UX Design and Research team at Tesco.
• Explain how you stay updated with industry knowledge.

Interview 2: design task and leadership behaviours

Requires completing a design task at home (approx. 90 minutes). You'll present your work and discuss your process, design thinking, and rationale. Leadership behaviours, collaboration, and team inspiration will be assessed using the STAR technique. Familiarize yourself with Tesco's 4 Win Together Behaviours:

• Believe in each other: Building trust and enabling collaboration.
• Live 20/80: Prioritizing key activities for maximum impact.
• Be brave: Doing the right thing and fostering safe spaces for learning.
• Stay curious: Seeking new ideas and listening to all voices.

Show self-awareness, honesty, and authenticity. Engage with the assessor.

Other things to consider:

• Motivations: Why this role? Where do you see it leading?
• Innovation: How do you stay current with industry advancements?
• Collaboration: How do you manage relationships with difficult stakeholders?
• Empathy: Examples of displaying empathy in the workplace.

We want to learn more about your soft skills and why you want to work at Tesco

Consider your design approach, methodologies, user-centricity, goals, success measurement, and cross-functional collaboration.

Leadership Behaviours

Tesco's UX Design and Research team aspires to these behaviours:

• Collaboration: Working together across the business.
• Empathy: Building strong relationships.
• Responsiveness: Agility in thinking and decision-making.
• Resilience: Managing personal energy.
• Innovation: Leading business advancements.

Your Interview with Tesco

Interviews are held on Microsoft Teams with one interviewer per session. Recommendations include checking Teams access and ensuring a quiet environment.

UX {Research}

The interview process consists of 2 rounds over 2 days: Technical skills and case study review (1 hour), and Design task and leadership behaviours (1.5 hours).

Interview Rounds

Interview 1: technical skills and case study review

Focuses on your experience and how it translates to the role. You'll discuss your skills and present one or two case studies.

• Discuss your accomplishments in previous roles.
• Share your interest in the UX Design and Research team at Tesco.
• Explain how you stay updated with industry knowledge.

Interview 2: design task and leadership behaviours

Requires completing a research task at home (approx. 90 minutes). You'll present your work and discuss your process, methodologies, and rationale. Leadership behaviours, collaboration, and team inspiration will be assessed using the STAR technique. Familiarize yourself with Tesco's 4 Win Together Behaviours:

• Believe in each other: Building trust and enabling collaboration.
• Live 20/80: Prioritizing key activities for maximum impact.
• Be brave: Doing the right thing and fostering safe spaces for learning.
• Stay curious: Seeking new ideas and listening to all voices.

Show self-awareness, honesty, and authenticity. Engage with the assessor.

Other things to consider:

• Motivations: Why this role? Where do you see it leading?
• Innovation: How do you stay current with industry advancements?
• Collaboration: How do you manage relationships with difficult stakeholders?
• Empathy: Examples of displaying empathy in the workplace.

We want to learn more about your soft skills and why you want to work at Tesco

Consider your research approach, methodologies, user-centricity, goals, success measurement, and cross-functional collaboration.

Leadership Behaviours

Tesco's UX Design and Research team aspires to these behaviours:

• Collaboration: Working together across the business.
• Empathy: Building strong relationships.
• Responsiveness: Agility in thinking and decision-making.
• Resilience: Managing personal energy.
• Innovation: Leading business advancements.

Your Interview with Tesco

Interviews are held on Microsoft Teams with one interviewer per session. Recommendations include checking Teams access and ensuring a quiet environment.

UX {Writing}

The interview process consists of 2 rounds over 2 days: Technical skills and portfolio review (1 hour), and UX writing/content design task and leadership behaviours (1.5 hours).

Interview Rounds

Interview 1: technical skills and portfolio review

Focuses on your experience and how it translates to the role. You'll discuss your skills and present a case study from your portfolio.

• Discuss your accomplishments in previous roles.
• Share your interest in the product team and Tesco.
• Explain how you stay updated with industry knowledge.

Interview 2: UX writing/content design task and leadership behaviours

Requires completing a UX writing/content design task at home (approx. 90 minutes). You'll present your work and discuss your process, methodologies, and rationale. Leadership behaviours, collaboration, and team inspiration will be assessed using the STAR technique. Familiarize yourself with Tesco's 4 Win Together Behaviours:

• Believe in each other: Building trust and enabling collaboration.
• Live 20/80: Prioritizing key activities for maximum impact.
• Be brave: Doing the right thing and fostering safe spaces for learning.
• Stay curious: Seeking new ideas and listening to all voices.

Show self-awareness, honesty, and authenticity. Engage with the assessor.

Other things to consider:

• Motivations: Why this role? Where do you see it leading?
• Innovation: How do you stay current with industry advancements?
• Collaboration: How do you manage relationships with difficult stakeholders?
• Empathy: Examples of displaying empathy in the workplace.

We want to learn more about your soft skills and why you want to work at Tesco

Consider your approach to UX writing, methodologies, user-centricity, goals, success measurement, and cross-functional collaboration.

Leadership Behaviours

Tesco's UX Design and Research team aspires to these behaviours:

• Collaboration: Working together across the business.
• Empathy: Building strong relationships.
• Responsiveness: Agility in thinking and decision-making.
• Resilience: Managing personal energy.
• Innovation: Leading business advancements.

Your Interview with Tesco

Interviews are held on Microsoft Teams with one interviewer per session. Recommendations include checking Teams access and ensuring a quiet environment.

Infrastructure Interview Preparation {guide}

The interview process involves 3 rounds: CV/domain, technical, or leadership. CV/domain and leadership rounds are 1 hour each, while the technical round is up to 90 minutes. The aim is to understand your experience and working style.

Interview Areas

Leadership

This is competency-based, requiring specific examples using the STAR technique. Familiarize yourself with Tesco's 4 Win Together Behaviours:

• Believe in each other: Building trust and enabling collaboration.
• Live 20/80: Prioritizing key activities for maximum impact.
• Be brave: Doing the right thing and fostering safe spaces for learning.
• Stay curious: Seeking new ideas and listening to all voices.

Show self-awareness, honesty, and authenticity. Engage with the assessor.

Other things to consider:

• Motivations: Why this role? Where do you see it leading?
• Innovation: How do you stay current with industry advancements?
• Collaboration: How do you manage relationships with difficult stakeholders?
• Empathy: Examples of displaying empathy in the workplace.

Technical

This is a technical assessment relevant to the role. Ensure you understand the job description requirements and relevant tools. Your recruiter will provide details and answer questions.

CV/domain

Focuses on your domain expertise and experience based on your CV. Refresh knowledge of the job description and prepare examples of relevant project work. Be ready to discuss gaps, motivations, and reasons for joining Tesco's Infrastructure team.

The interview process is also your opportunity to ask questions to understand the role and business better.

Cyber Security Interview Preparation {guide}

The interview process involves 3 rounds: CV/domain, technical, or leadership. CV/domain and leadership rounds are 1 hour each, while the technical round is up to 90 minutes. The aim is to understand your experience and working style.

Interview Areas

CV/domain

Focuses on your domain expertise and experience based on your CV. Refresh knowledge of the job description and prepare examples of relevant project work. Be ready to discuss gaps, motivations, and reasons for joining Tesco's Security team.

Leadership

This is competency-based, requiring specific examples using the STAR technique. Familiarize yourself with Tesco's 4 Win Together Behaviours:

• Believe in each other: Building trust and enabling collaboration.
• Live 20/80: Prioritizing key activities for maximum impact.
• Be brave: Doing the right thing and fostering safe spaces for learning.
• Stay curious: Seeking new ideas and listening to all voices.

Show self-awareness, honesty, and authenticity. Engage with the assessor.

Other things to consider:

• Motivations: Why this role? Where do you see it leading?
• Innovation: How do you stay current with industry advancements?
• Collaboration: How do you manage relationships with difficult stakeholders?
• Empathy: Examples of displaying empathy in the workplace.

Technical

This is a technical assessment relevant to the role. Ensure you understand the job description requirements and relevant tools. Your recruiter will provide details and answer questions.

The interview process is also your opportunity to ask questions to understand the role and business better.

About Tesco's Culture and Impact

How will I make an impact?

You'll make a real impact by helping solve everyday problems on a global scale, making a big difference to customers, colleagues, the planet, and the business. Tesco empowers career progression and personal development, offering numerous opportunities for growth.

Tesco Technology team

This is a global team spanning the UK, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, and India, delivering end-to-end solutions. Tesco prefers to design and build its own systems, allowing team members to take on diverse roles such as inventor, problem solver, scrum master, developer, and product manager. Opportunities are vast, from in-house software design to ensuring cyber security.

What is the work culture like?

Tesco fosters innovation and strives to be a great place to work. The culture is friendly and innovative, welcoming diversity and encouraging the sharing of ideas and experiences to create visionary solutions. Employees are encouraged to bring their authentic selves to work in an open and collaborative environment.

Disability Confident

Tesco is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I), ensuring everyone feels represented and can be themselves. As a Disability Confident Employer, Tesco provides an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. Candidates requiring reasonable adjustments should contact their recruiter.