Seasonal retail kitTalent Acquisition

Interview kit for seasonal retail hiring: a clear ad, quick questions and a scorecard for busy-season staff

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Interview kit for seasonal retail hiring: a clear ad, quick questions and a scorecard for busy-season staff

Example result

Example for the Standard package

Interview kit: barista for a busy city-centre coffee shop

Short job ad

Barista, full-time, city centre. $18–20 an hour plus tips, shifts from 6:30 am, two weekends a month. You'll make coffee for about 600 people a day, keep the bar clean and remember what the regulars drink. Six months behind a busy bar is enough; we'll teach you our recipes.

Stage 2: main interview (4 of 18 questions)

CompetenceQuestionA strong answerA weak answer
Working under pressure"Tell me about your busiest shift. What did you do when the queue reached the door?"A real shift, a clear order of tasks, asked for help earlyTalks in general terms, "I just work faster"
Care for guests"A regular says their flat white tastes different today. What do you do?"Asks what is different, remakes it, checks the grinderDefends the drink, or remakes it without asking
Teamwork"How do you share the bar with a colleague when you're both making drinks?"Clear roles, calls out orders, cleans as they goPrefers to work alone
Reliability"Our shifts start at 6:30. How would you get here?"A concrete plan and a back-upNo plan

Scorecard (weights)

CompetenceWeightScore 1–5
Working under pressure30%
Care for guests25%
Coffee basics20%
Teamwork15%
Reliability10%

Files: Word and PDF. Every question is about the job: none asks about age, family plans, health, religion or origin. We never search for or contact candidates, and the choice of whom to hire is yours.

Client: Morning Fold, a coffee shop with 9 staff and about 600 orders a day. Task: hire a barista who stays calm at the morning rush and is friendly with regulars. Standard package: a job ad in two versions, a phone screen and a main interview, 25 questions and a weighted scorecard. Excerpt below.

The client and all details are made up.

About this service

Before the holidays or a sale season, a shop may need many temporary sales assistants, cashiers or stock helpers within a few weeks, often interviewed by several people. This kit is for one seasonal role per order and makes those interviews short and consistent: a clear ad that states the dates, hours and pay honestly, quick questions on availability, manner with customers, busy queues and cash, and learning fast, with notes on good answers and a scorecard that takes minutes to fill. Premium adds a short shop-floor task with a guide. Tell us the season, the dates, the shifts and what you really offer. We never search for, contact or screen candidates and never say whom to hire. Questions stay on the job and leave out age, family, health and origin. Check the kit against your country's rules on temporary work.

What is included

  • What you getA Word and PDF kit for a seasonal shop role: the job ad, questions by competence for each stage in your package, what to listen for and a scorecard. From Standard, a quick availability call, a short ad for job boards and a weighted scorecard; in Premium, a third stage, a short shop-floor task with a checking guide, and reference questions.
  • Built for speedShort questions and a scorecard every interviewer shares
  • AvailabilitySeason dates, weekend and evening shifts, peak days
  • Customers and cashBusy queues, returns and taking payments
  • ScorecardManner, reliability, speed and learning on one scale
  • Fair questionsAbout the job only, nothing on age, family, health or beliefs

How it works

  1. 1
    BriefYou describe the shop, the season and the role
  2. 2
    KitWe write the ad, quick questions and the scorecard
  3. 3
    DeliveryYou get the kit in Word and PDF on the order page
  4. 4
    Your interviewsYour store staff interview candidates with the same kit

What we need from you

The kind of shop and goods, the season and dates, the seasonal role for this order (sales assistant, cashier, stock helper or gift wrapper), shifts and hours, how many people will interview, must-have skills, the pay and conditions you really offer, including any chance to stay on after the season, and how you plan to interview. You may attach an old ad or your job description, up to 3 files. Please do not send candidates' CVs or other personal data.

We will ask you:

  • Which seasonal role is this kit for?
  • What are the dates and shifts?
  • Which skills are a must?
  • What do you offer?
  • How will you interview?

Compare packages

PackagesBasicQuick ad and 10 questions$13StandardPhone screen and in-store interview$25Premium3 stages and a shop-floor task$42
Deadline1 day2 days3 days
Revisions123
Job adfull versionfull and short versionsfull and short versions
Interview questions102540
Interview stages123
Competences coveredup to 4up to 6up to 8
Scorecardsimpleweightedweighted, for each stage
Test task with a checking guideNoNoYes
Hiring forSeasonal retail staff, one role per orderSeasonal retail staff, one role per orderSeasonal retail staff, one role per order
Order BasicOrder StandardOrder Premium

Payment protection

You pay when you order, but the money is released only for accepted work.

  • Fixed priceThe package price does not change after you pay.
  • The money is reservedWhen you pay, the amount is only reserved. It is released to the service once you accept the work.
  • Checked before deliveryEvery result goes through a quality check before it reaches you, and you see it on the order page before accepting it.
  • Free revisionsAsk for changes within your brief as many times as the package allows.
  • Acceptance after 3 daysIf within 3 days of delivery you neither accept the work nor ask for changes, it is accepted automatically. If you write in the order chat after delivery, the order waits; once we answer, we may start the 3 days again and will say so in the chat.
  • Redo or a full refundIf the result does not match your brief and the revisions did not fix it, or the work takes more than twice its deadline, write in the order chat: we will redo the work or refund the payment in full.
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Questions and answers

We need cashiers and stock helpers. Is that one kit?

Each order covers one role. If the jobs differ a lot, order a kit for each; if one person will do both, describe it as one role.

Can several store staff use the kit to interview?

Yes. The questions and the scorecard are the same for everyone, so all your interviewers score candidates the same way.

Can the ad mention a permanent job after the season?

Only if you really offer it. The ad says what you tell us about dates, hours, pay and what happens after the season, nothing more.

Will you find or contact candidates?

No. We prepare the documents; you post the ad, invite candidates and interview them yourself.

Will you tell me whom to hire?

No. The scorecard helps you compare candidates on the same points, but the decision is always yours.

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