Interview process was lengthy. Applied end of May and took almost two months to get to a 1:1 interview. After filling in the application I was contacted via email within a couple of days to complete a video interview. Upon going this I was told I would be contacted within 5 days if successful. Over a week later I was asked to book a slot for a telephone interview. The earliest appointment for this was over a week later. Upon completion of this I was told I would be informed if I had been successful within 3 days. Nearly a week later I was asked to book in for a 'store experience' which would involve being shown the various areas of the store I would be working within. Again, earliest date available was the following week. Having arrived for my store experience I was told due to covid-19 it would not be possible to do a store experience and instead was sat down for an impromptu face to face interview - where I was asked basically the same questions as the telephone interview. During this, I was also informed that the position I was interviewing for may not even be available should the business decline once everyone started to go back to work etc. However I was informed if successful I would be kept in a 'talent pool' and contacted should a vacancy arise in the areas i had specified i would be able to work. A few days later I received an email informing me i had been added to the talent pool. Since then I have seen various positions advertised in the areas specified and contacted recruitment about these to be told they were now gone. Makes you wonder whether there's a talent pool at all or whether Aldi don't want to tell candidates they've been unsuccessful in fear they may no longer take their custom to Aldi. Overall a lengthy process with a confusing end.